A Journey to Palmyra

<p>&ldquo;A Journey to Palmyra&rdquo; is a critical aesthetic experience that seeks to disrupt our habits and rituals. The project involves two common elements that are embedded in everyday life but rarely questioned: on the one hand, media coverage of war, and on the other, navigation using Google. It represents a cunning way of questioning two things that have become commonplace. In a world of fake news, filter bubbles, and artificial intelligence, how prudent is reliance on a source of information?</p> <p><br> Google Maps and directions are firmly embedded in our everyday lives. We use those services every day to find a location, route, or restaurant and navigate to our destination with the aid of a technological device. They suggest a world in which we are free in the selection and production of information, but how can we actually be certain that the information is objective or even correct?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dr. Christine Schranz (principal investigator)</p> <p>Yann Patrick Martins (coding)</p> <p>Max Frischknecht (UI)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Archaeologies of Media and Technology (AMT) research group (partner)</p>