Maps and Politics
Title | Maps and Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Black |
Publisher | Reaktion Books |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2000-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1861898371 |
?We all rely on the apparent accuracy and objectivity of maps, but often do not see the very process of mapping as political. Are the power and purpose of maps inherently political? Maps and Politics addresses this important question and seeks to emphasize that the apparent ‘objectivity’ of the map-making and map-using process cannot be divorced from aspects of the politics of representation. Maps have played, and continue to play, a major role in both international and domestic politics. They show how visual geographical representations can be made to reflect and advance political agendas in powerful ways. The major developments in this field over the last century are responses both to cartographic progression and to a greater emphasis on graphic imagery in societies affected by politicization, democratization, and consumer and cultural shifts. Jeremy Black asks whether bias-free cartography is possible and demonstrates that maps are not straightforward visual texts, but contain political and politicizing subtexts that need to be read with care.
Maps and Politics
Title | Maps and Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremy Black |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2000-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226054940 |
Do maps accurately and objectively present the information we expect them to portray, or are they instead colored by the political purposes of their makers? In this lively and well-illustrated book, Jeremy Black investigates this dangerous territory, arguing persuasively that the supposed "objectivity" of the map-making and map-using process cannot be divorced from aspects of the politics of representation.
The Politics of Maps
Title | The Politics of Maps PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Leuenberger |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190076232 |
"This book traces how the geographical sciences have become entwined with politics, territorial claim making, and nation-building in Israel/Palestine. In particular, the focus is on the history of geographical sciences before and after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and how surveying, mapping, and naming the new territory become a crucial part of its making. With the 1993 Oslo Interim Agreement, Palestinians also surveyed and mapped the territory allocated to a future State of Palestine, with the expectation that they will, within five years, gain full sovereignty. In both cases, maps served to evoke a sense of national identity, facilitated a state's ability to govern, and helped delineate territory. Besides maps geopolitical functions for nation-state building, they also become weapons in map wars. Before and after the 1967 war between Israel and its Arab neighbors, maps of the region became one of the many battlefields in which political conflicts over land claims and the ethno-national identity of this contested land were being waged. Aided by an increasingly user-defined mapping environment, Israeli and Palestinian governmental and non-governmental organizations increasingly relied on the rhetoric of maps in order to put forth their geopolitical visions. Such struggles over land and its rightful owners in Israel/Palestine exemplify processes underway in other states across the globe, whether in South Africa or Ukraine, which are engaged in disputes over territorial boundaries, national identities, and the territorial integrity of nation-states. Maps, no less, have become crucial tools in these struggles"--
Close Up at a Distance
Title | Close Up at a Distance PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Kurgan |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2013-03-26 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1935408283 |
Maps poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography trace a profound shift in our understanding and experience of space. The maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed from outer space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and express fundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of experiencing space. These maps are built with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing satellites, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS): digital spatial hardware and software designed for such military and governmental uses as reconnaissance, secrecy, monitoring, ballistics, the census, and national security. Rather than shying away from the politics and complexities of their intended uses, in Close Up at a Distance Laura Kurgan attempts to illuminate them. Poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography, her analysis uncovers the implicit biases of the new views, the means of recording information they present, and the new spaces they have opened up. Her presentation of these maps reclaims, repurposes, and discovers new and even inadvertent uses for them, including documentary, memorial, preservation, interpretation, political, or simply aesthetic. GPS has been available to both civilians and the military since 1991; the World Wide Web democratized the distribution of data in 1992; Google Earth has captured global bird's-eye views since 2005. Technology has brought about a revolutionary shift in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The traces of interactions, both physical and virtual, charted by the maps in Close Up at a Distance define this shift.
Prisoners of Geography
Title | Prisoners of Geography PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Marshall |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2016-10-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1501121472 |
First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Elliott and Thompson Limited.
100 Maps
Title | 100 Maps PDF eBook |
Author | John O. E. Clark |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1402728859 |
Presents a chronological overview of the history of cartography, from the earliest maps of prehistory to the engraved maps of the seventeenth century and beyond. Includes illustrations.
Mapping Populism
Title | Mapping Populism PDF eBook |
Author | John Agnew |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2019-06-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1538124033 |
This concise book explores the rise of populism, comparing the electoral success of populist movements and politicians in Europe and the United States. Organized around themes of turnout, leadership, and media, and illustrated with compelling maps, Mapping Populism encourages discussion on an increasingly important topic—and on the future of democracy itself.