Shifts in Mapping
Maps as a Tool of Knowledge
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Transcript Verlag
Published:27th Nov '21
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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 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?
Besprochen in: https://www.fhnw.ch, 29.11.2021
ISBN: 9783837660418
Dimensions: 24mm x 16mm x 2mm
Weight: 652g
294 pages