Sandi Toksvig is giving a Monday Night Lecture in April at the RGS-IBG. I'd like to be there, but it clashes with family events.
Inspired by a map of the world made in 1300 by German nuns, Sandi Toksvig is looking to reassess how we chart what we know.
Throughout civilisation, despite always having represented half of the population, women only appear in 0.5% of recorded history. The continued every day use of 16th century world maps is not helping.
It's time for a change.
She is talking about a project which she describes in this Cambridge alumnus newsletter/journal: which is called Mappa Mundi.
Inspired by a map of the world made in 1300 by German nuns, Sandi Toksvig is looking to reassess how we chart what we know.
Throughout civilisation, despite always having represented half of the population, women only appear in 0.5% of recorded history. The continued every day use of 16th century world maps is not helping.
It's time for a change.
I'll catch a recording - something that all Fellows have as part of their membership benefits.
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