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From ‘The Map’ to an Internalized Concept. Developing a Method of Deconstruction as Practice for Reflexive Cartography

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: John Brian Harley’s canonical paper ‘Deconstructing the map’ (1989) has been one of the main bases of Critical Cartography, Critical GIScience, and reflexive approaches to working with maps and geomedia in geography education. However, reducing deconstruction mainly to reading the map’s margins is only part of the potential that deconstruction offers. In this paper, following Derrida’s approach of deconstruction more closely, we build on the discussion of Harley’s paper and try to develop a deconstructive practice for reflexive cartography in educational contexts.

Source: GI_Forum

DOI: 10.1553/giscience2019_02_s194

Authors: Michael Lehner, Jana Pokraka, Inga Gryl

Institution: University of Duisburg-Essen

Language: English

Topic: Geography Education and Pedagogy

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $539