Response of "For an art against the cartography of everyday life"

After reading Ryan Griffis’ article “For an art against the cartography of everyday life,” I really feel the importance of how it affects modern human’s life. The best example mentioned in the article was the GPS system. It is the tool that makes people’s commuting easier than never before, and also stimulates the desire of traveling around the country. It is so easy and comfortable to use that people tend to just rely on and choose to not memorize the direction as much as before, which was maybe the downside in some people’s opinion. The lack of the ability to recognize streets and roads has became more common in younger generation, and I feel it is going to be an issue if the satellite or the system went wrong and people would be trapped in one place due to lack of the ability to read maps. In another side, I think “locative media” is very useful for those people who want to explore the world but with the limited funds. It allows them to “virtually” being one place without all the hassles of traveling such as money, documentation, and time.

I think it is a good thing that everyone has the knowledge in using those locative media devices we have today, but some of the old fashion technique should be taught to the younger generation as well. Everything we have now is more toward to a digitally form, and they can only be used in certain environment and people should be aware of that.