Packing and Cracking
An interactive exploration of gerrymandering via livestream
When: April 24, 26
Platform: Zoom
Price: $10; 14+
Tags: #livestream, #Zoom, #participatory, #interactive
Do we choose our politicians, or do our politicians choose us? Packing and Cracking is an interactive mapmaking event (now online) about gerrymandering: the pervasive practice of politicians choosing their voters rather than the other way around. Through participatory drawing and map-drawing games, Packing and Cracking uses critical cartography, historical accounts of the first gerrymanders, and interviews with people dealing with gerrymandering today to show how easy and disenfranchising gerrymandering can be and ask what, if anything, we should do about it.
To participate in this online version of Packing and Cracking, an internet connection with the ability to stream video is required (if you can watch Netflix, you’re good!) as is a laptop/desktop computer (rather than a tablet or phone). If you have any specific questions about system requirements, please email packingandcracking@gmail.com.
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