This 1934 ink on paper drawing by Uruguayan Joaquín Torres-García challenged the notion that Europe and North America are always centered and rendered as the most important land masses in cartographic drawings. In flipping the South American continent and establishing South as the main cardinal direction to follow, Torres-Garcia is challenging the artistic and pedagogic frames that reaffirm the global North as the source of knowledge. Moving back after 40 years abroad Torres-Garcia established the School of the South to develop and promote Uruguay-centric design in the face of the expanding design influence of Europe and the United States. Although drawn early in the 20th century, this piece begins to…