Geographers and Maps: a Relationship in Crisis
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Recent studies have documented a tendency among geographers to reduce their use of maps. Research conducted in the framework of the present study confirms this finding. Possible causes and consequences of this phenomenon are discussed, and a number of contradictions are touched upon, pertaining to geographers' attitudes to maps in an era characterized by a boom in the use of visual tools both in lay and scientific circles.The phenomenon in question can be observed in the field of political geography as well - a field that has been greatly affected by critical geopolitics and its theoretical insights regarding the way in which we make maps, interpret and use them.
Source: L’Espace Politique
Author: Edoardo Boria
Institution: Sapienza University of Rome
Language: French
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W159149097