Rethinking the Power of Maps
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593853661 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 335 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Interesting read, but went off in many tangents Kevin Gore Maps are my thing and I always appreciate an in-depth book on the subject. However, in the case of this book, I felt that I couldn't get a clear focus on the main points the author wished to make. Maybe it's just me, be I was left feeling confused.. Beware of Maps! Wild Sunflower We take maps for granted, but this book explains how maps can misinform as well as inform. In fact, the very nature of a map has to include some misinformation. It requires an informed and ethical person to present as honest a map as possible and not allow their bias to control its production.
Thought-provoking illustrations include U.S. He demystifies the hidden assumptions of mapmaking and explores the promises and limitations of diverse counter-mapping practices today. Denis Wood describes how cartography facilitated the rise of the modern state and how maps continue to embody and project the interests of their creators. A contemporary follow-up to the groundbreaking Power of Maps, this book takes a fresh look at what maps do, whose interests they serve, and how they can be used in surprising, creative, and radical ways. Geological Survey maps; electoral and transportation maps; and numerous examples of critical cartography, participatory GIS, and map art.
He explores the ways in which, as maps make propositions about the world, they shape how we understand and live in it. This is a book you cannot put down and one that demands to be read in one or two sittings. Mapping and counter-mapping are brought together for the first time. Wood’s work always challenges; the style and panache of his scholarship carry the reader along and persuade us to listen to his original ideas. Wood offers a broad canvas of maps, map makers, and map users, linking traditional cartographies to exciting new experiments. This is a passionate humanist argument for a critical approach to mapping, strongly academic but reassuringly accessible. Phillips Distinguished Professor of International Studies and Chair, Department of Geography, University o