The dialectic of colonialism: Rethinking maps, remaking our cities

This story originally appeared in INDESIGN #90, the ‘City Futures’ issue – get your copy here.There’s a fantastic geographic information system (GIS) map by the Government Architect NSW (GANSW) showing the national parks, reserves, rivers, beaches, and other green and blue spaces of Sydney: the Sydney Green Grid. This map encourages us to think about the city as a set of layers or grids — hydrological, ecological, recreational, agricultural, transport, utilitie