The collaged maps and city plans use the practice of "détournement", a term introduced into the art world by the Situationist International (S.I.) around 1955. This involves rearranging or overwriting existing elements of a pre-existing template. The "Carte de Tendre", an allegorical "map of feelings" used in Madeleine de Scudéry's novel "Clélie" in 1654, is also a reference here.
Tina Born largely uses quotations, fragments from literature, film, philosophy and science, as well as song lyrics in her collaged maps and city plans. In some maps, drawings are added to the text collages, creating a kind of layering of different levels.