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Shifts in Mapping - Maps as a Tool of Knowledge

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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?

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Christine Schranz (Dr. phil.) studierte Szenografie (MA) und Visuelle Kommunikation (Diplom), beides an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Sie ist Designerin und hat einen Doktortitel in Film- und Medienwissenschaft an der Universität Wien (Österreich), in Zusammenarbeit mit der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Schweiz). Sie ist Leiterin der Programmforschung am Institut für Contemporary Design Practices an der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW in Basel. Derzeit führt sie ein Forschungsprojekt im Rahmen von» Commons in Design«, das vom Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (SNF) finanziert wird. Weitere Forschungsaktivitäten umfassen Stipendien in der Forschungsgruppe Archaeologies of Media (AMT), eine Forschungsgruppe an der Winchester School of Art – University of Southampton und den Lehrstuhl für Kunsttheorie und Kuratieren an der Zeppelin Universität in Friedrichshafen sowie ein Promotionsstipendium am Lehrstuhl für Bildende Kunst an der TU Berlin.

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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?

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Assisted by Christin Schranz (Editor), Christine Schranz (Editor)
Publisher Transcript
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.11.2021
 
EAN 9783837660418
ISBN 978-3-8376-6041-8
No. of pages 294
Dimensions 162 mm x 21 mm x 246 mm
Weight 648 g
Series Sozial- und Kulturgeographie
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general)
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography

Design, Geografie, Reisen, Städte, Stadtgemeinden, City, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Sustainability, Education, Media, Sociology, Globalization, History: specific events & topics, Geography, Society, Social Geography, Urban Studies, Map, Geopolitics, Decorative arts, International Relations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Communities, Cultural Geography, Epistemology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Mapping, Environmental Economics, auseinandersetzen, Urban & municipal planning, Philosophy & theory of education, Umweltpolitik und Protokolle, Social impact of environmental issues, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Sociology and anthropology, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Central government policies, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, Economics of land and energy, Macroeconomics and related topics, International migration and colonization, Groups of people, Epistemology (Theory of knowledge), Other ethical norms, Aesthetically Critical Practice

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