Abstract:To deconstruct a map, said Brian Harley, it is necessary to read between the lines and to place the cartographic facts within a specific cultural perspective. He used the ideas of literary critics to make historians of cartography aware that there is more to maps than initially meets the eye and that ‘facts’ are rarely what they first appear to be. By viewing a map as a product of a particular society, one can begin to understand why a map was made in the way it was, how it was used and valued, and its role in… Show more
“…For in an obvious, and not so obvious sense, property is not only about discourse (Pietz, 2002). Bendall, 1993). It does not simply work on the imagination, but also requires that bodies behave and move in particular ways.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Pottage (1994) notes than even when maps were drawn, 'they could not speak for themselves' (366) but needed to be interpreted according to local understandings and practices (cf. Bendall, 1993). Even when surveys were accomplished and maps produced, it is not necessarily the case that material rearrangements occurred.…”
Analyses of enclosure in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England have tended to focus on the social work of representations, in particular estate maps.
“…For in an obvious, and not so obvious sense, property is not only about discourse (Pietz, 2002). Bendall, 1993). It does not simply work on the imagination, but also requires that bodies behave and move in particular ways.…”
mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pottage (1994) notes than even when maps were drawn, 'they could not speak for themselves' (366) but needed to be interpreted according to local understandings and practices (cf. Bendall, 1993). Even when surveys were accomplished and maps produced, it is not necessarily the case that material rearrangements occurred.…”
Analyses of enclosure in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England have tended to focus on the social work of representations, in particular estate maps.
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