From: "Jillana Enteen" <jillana-AT-rcnchicago.com>
Subject: Re: poco perspectives on maps.
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:46:41 -0500


Tongchai Winichakul's Siam Mapped: A History of the Ge-body of a Nation and
Anne McClintock's Imperial Leather are two great books that interrogate the
process of mapping from a postcolonial perspective.
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From: "David Butz" <dbmarley-AT-spartan.ac.brocku.ca>
To: <postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:30 AM
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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