For example, Australian maps with south at the top of the page are initially found to be very disturbing to students. Peters Projection maps show the areas of the various land masses in their proper proportions to each other, which diminishes Canada, Russia, and northern Europe, and emphasizes Africa and South America. Have students consider how their own learned bias has distorted their thinking. This step can be summarized by turning the whole concept of a map over to the class for discussion. All of the lines that make up a map are arbitrary, and at best representative.
Any person having lived near a sea shore can explain how flexible the shore line is.
This step involves challenging students to question what they are seeing. After students have made their comments, suggest the possibility that you are presenting four spaces before them. Discuss the implications of this way of seeing. Next, have students examine and discuss the rich tradition of shape-shifting mythological figures from many cultures and historical periods. This aspect has the effect of blurring the divisions between human and animal.