Does anybody have a set of references for literature about map use (cartography), ideally from the 1500's to date? Not map design methods, the politics of representation with map-houses of the 1850's, or disputes over projection etc., but specifically on how maps have historically been used (and perceived as objects) in everyday life e.g., how they were incorporated into school syllabus, how they were used in leisure activities, how they were integrated and dissiminated in the post-WWII rebuild etc.
Hello Matthew.....in this site there are maps with different applications in Brazil.. : http://www.inpe.br/unidades/cep/atividadescep/educasere/index.htm
Historical maps: http://www.mapas-historicos.com/
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Hi Marco,
Thank you for those, there are certainly useful aspects n both on the development of cartographic technologies with applied examples. What I am really after is a body of literature on how maps were (historically) and still are situated in everyday life. That is, how maps have sat with other activities e.g., how were maps incorporated into the school education to develop a wider cartographic imaginary and literacy. Large projects like the 'History of Cartography' are great at documenting the diversity of maps and their provenance, and drawing out map-making techniques. Meanwhile, Critical Cartography is great at drawing out debates over projections, alongside epistemological and ontological discussion. There doesn't seem to be any field or body of literature concentrating on maps (as cultural objects) in everyday life (beyond UX research), Scopus draws out very little too.
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About the role and use of maps, i think you can find useful the review papers in cartography epistemology.
For example :
BALDOCK E. D., 1966, “Milestones of mapping,” {Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization} vol.3, n°2, p. 89-102.
BOARD C., 1972, “Cartographic communication,” {Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization} vol.18, n°2, p. 42-78.
About the map as a power symbol, the reference is the work of J.B. Harley :
HARLEY J. B., 1989, “Deconstructing the map,” {Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization} vol.26, n°2, p. 1-20.
https://books.google.fr/books/about/The_New_Nature_of_Maps.html?id=dFWPuU2x0dkC&redir_esc=y
About the nature of maps :
WOOD D., FELS, J., 2008, \textit{The Natures of Maps, Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World, }, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
For a general view about map perception and usage, i advise :
MACEACHREN A. M., 1995, {How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization and Design., }, New York, The Guilford Press.
Also, scholars like Barbara Petchenik and A. H. Robinson are key authors on the subject.
Finally, a very recent book about the epistemolgy of cartography is available :
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642388927
Interesting subject !
Dear Matthew
Cartography in the European Renaissance on this link is extremely interesting:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo3750407.html
regards
FC
Dear Matthew: I suggest two books:
Mark Monmonier's "How to Lie with Maps"
Simon Garfields "On the Map"
Both are fun to read and contain a lot of useful history/information on how maps are used and misused.
FC and LLance, that's exactly the kind of stuff I'm after. I'm looking at Digital Maps for a Practice Theory perspective, so that helps contextualise use and situate it historically. Thanks for those.
I think the book "The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation" would be good to you.
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