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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:30:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Butz <dbmarley-AT-spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
Subject: Re: poco perspectives on maps.



Colin,

There is a large body of literature in - and around the margins - of
Geography which is relevant to your interest. Here are a few references,
but by no means a complete list:

Sparke M. 1998 "A map that roared and an original atlas: Canada, cartography,
and the narration of nation" ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN
GEOGRAPHERS 88(3):463-495

Edney, M. 1997. THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTRUCTION OF BRITISH INDIA, 1765-1843.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Edney, Matthew 1993 "The Patronage of Science and the Creation of Imperial
Space" Cartographica, 30(1): 61-7.

Del Casino, Vincent and Stephen Hannah 2000 "Representations and
identities in tourism map spaces," Progress in Human Geography 24(1):
23-46.

Dasgupta, K. 1995. "A city away from home: the mapping of Calcutta" in P.
Chatterjee (ed) TEXTS OF POWER: EMERGING DISCIPLINES IN COLONIAL BENGAL.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota. (145-66)

Jacobs, Jane M. 1996. EDGE OF EMPIRE: POSTCOLONIALISM AND THE CITY.
London: Routledge.

Phillips, R. 1997. MAPPING MEN AND EMPIRE: A GEOGRAPHY OF ADVENTURE.
London: Routledge.

Brody, Hugh. 1981. MAPS AND DREAMS: INDIANS AND THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
FRONTIER. Vancouver: Douglas McIntyre.

Godlewska, A. 1995 "Map, text and image - the mentality of enlightened
conquerors: a new look at the `Description de l'Egypte'" Transactions,
Institute of British Geographers 20: 5-28.

Pickles, John 1992 "Texts, Maps, and Hermeneutics" in Trevor Barnes and
James Duncan, Writing Worlds, London: Routledge: 193-230.

Rundstrom, Robert 1991 "Mapping, Postmodernism, Indigenous People and the
Changing Direction of North American Cartography," Cartographica, 28 (2):
1-12.

Kapp, Drew 1999 "The Cartoonography of Paradise: Pictorial Maps of
Hawaii," in Hawaii: New Geographies, Deborah Woodcock (ed.), Department of
Geography, Honolulu:University of Hawaii at Manoa: 21-28.

-A guy by the name of J.B. Harley wrote many articles on the history of
cartography, and its relationships with power, identity, etc. Most of it
was written in the late 80s and early 90s... worth doing a search. A good
place to start is: 

Harley, J.B. 1992 "Rereading the Maps of the Colombian
Encounter," Annals of the Association of American Geography, Vol. 82 (3):
522 - 535.

__________ 1992 "Deconstructing the Map" in Writing Worlds (ed. Barnes
and Duncan) Routedge, London. 231-247

In terms of identity and community, there is a fairly large body of
literature in "behavioural geography" (the popularity of which has waned
considerably in the last decade), dealing with the "mental maps" of
different groups of people. Some of the best of it deals with the mental
maps of children. A good (but old) place to start is with: Gould, P. and
R. White (1974) MENTAL MAPS. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

I have to stress that I am not a specialist in this area. I suggest
that you repost your request to the Canadian Association of Geographers
list, by sending it to caglist-AT-uvvm.uvic.ca and requesting people to reply
to you personally. If for some reason the list won't post a message by a
non-member, I will be happy to post it for you.

I hope this helps,

David Butz.   





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