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Shifts in Mapping

Maps as a Tool of Knowledge

Christine Schranz editor

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