Shifts in Mapping Maps as a Tool of Knowledge

Shifts in Mapping Maps as a Tool of Knowledge

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Depicting the world, territory, and geopolitical realities involves a high degree of interpretation and imagination. It is never neutral. Cartography originated in ancient times to represent the world and to enable circulation, communication, and economic exchange. Today, IT companies are a driving...

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Other Authors: Schranz, Christine (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Series:Sozial- und Kulturgeographie
Subjects:
Human geography
Urban communities
Map
Mapping
Epistemology
Aesthetically Critical Practice
Geopolitics
Media
Society
City
Social Geography
Cultural Geography
Urban Studies
Design
Geography
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Summary:Depicting the world, territory, and geopolitical realities involves a high degree of interpretation and imagination. It is never neutral. Cartography originated in ancient times to represent the world and to enable circulation, communication, and economic exchange. Today, IT companies are a driving force in this field and change our view of the world; how we communicate, navigate, and consume globally. Questions of privacy, authorship, and economic interests are highly relevant to cartography's practices. So how to deal with such powers and what is the critical role of cartography in it? How might a bottom-up perspective (and actions) in map-making change the conception of a geopolitical space?
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (294 p.)
ISBN:9783839460412
9783837660418
Access:Open Access

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