"Maps for mutual understanding" |
Sangsaeng
is an English magazine published three times a year that is a platform
for constructive discussion of EIU issues, methods and experiences in
the field of education for international understanding-including
education for peace, human rights, cultural diversity and sustainable
development. SangSaeng (상생/相生) is originated from a word with two
Chinese characters:相 and 生. Sang (相) means 'mutual' (each other) and
Saeng (生), meaning 'life'. Put together, they mean "living together"
and "helping each other".
Gathering
insights of experts from various backgrounds of cartography,
the 2013 winter edition (No 38) presents ideas on promoting Education
for International Understanding (EIU) through the
use of world maps.
In
the middle of November the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Centre
of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) asked Commission
Chair to write
a short article for this special issue dedicated to
Cartography.
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The
request was considered a very good opportunity to popularize ICA and
the Barbara Petchenik competition, so Commission Chair offered
them to write about
Maps and Children, making special mention of the competition. They
accepted the proposal and liked the drawings that were sent to
illustrate the text, asking to use one of them on the cover and
selecting one of the winner drawings in the last competition, more
exactly the winner one in the 9-12 years age group: "Happy Earth is
Music to Our Ears", made by Ada Maria Ciontu (Romania, 9 years).
This issue of the magazine (No 38) was published in Christmas and can
be downloaded in pdf format here:
http://www.unescoapceiu.org/board/bbs/board.php?bo_table=m411&wr_id=68
The article can be read on pages 15 to 18.
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