In the novel The Rings of Saturn (1995), the German writer W. G. Sebald recounts his solitary journey to the town of Suffolk (UK) at the end of his years, while he also reflects on some of the dramatic events that shaped World War II and his personal memories. In this work, he takes on a particular narrative tactic defined by the interaction between the text and images that creates a special type of montage in which he seems to draw from cinematic language. I argue that, drawing on Sebald’s work, we can imagine a form of ethnographic observation that involves the creation of a cinematic map through which to explore the memories and imagination of individuals in relation to places where they live. I explore the day-to-day lived experiences of unemployed people of Sulcis Iglesiente, through their everyday engagement with, and situated perceptions of, their territory. I describe the process that led me to build Moving Lightly over the Earth, a cinematic map of Sulcis Iglesiente through which I explored how women and men in the area who lost their jobs as a result of the process of its deindustrialization give specific meaning to the territory, relating it to memories of their past and hopes and desires for the future.
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{"title":"Review of Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartographies in Hawai‘i","authors":"Daniel G. Cole","doi":"10.14714/cp98.1723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14714/cp98.1723","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35716,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46630933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
How is a map different from things that are not maps? What is a map? How do you know it's a map? Such questions appear quite simple—the answers would seem to be things everyone knows almost without thinking—yet comprehensive answers have proved elusive. Hitherto, such existential questions have almost inevitably been either conflated with practical ones or deliberately ignored. Map artifacts are, by themselves, mere things. Like any text, the map artifact can be read, and, through the action of being read, the artifact comes to bear meaning. Maps, however, go beyond mere meaning-bearing to achieve a state where they actually embody meaning. Reaching a state of meaning-embodiment requires a transformation that is analogous to an apotheosis or a transfiguration of the common clay of the artifact into an abstract conceptual state of map-hood. Describing this transfiguration into a conceptual state requires a Conceptual theory of cartography—one that defines the relationship between the artifact as a thing and the map as an abstract entity, and that also defines the map entity in a manner unambiguously applicable to every, any, and all maps. Such a theory would also have to define the discipline of cartography in relation to that abstract map entity. This paper proposes the outlines for the required Conceptual theory—one based on the proven model of Conceptual Art. Practically speaking, the first step—and the effective scope of the paper—is an inquiry into the nature of the map as an abstract conceptual entity. It provides a model for an investigative methodology for interrogating the formal map, and sketches out a framework for assimilating the findings of such investigations. This paper will not settle all fundamental questions about what a map is, but it will outline an analytical course that can address them. It proposes that asking how one knows something is a map is a step on the road to discovering what a map is.
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The display of maps on computer monitors in a public setting can be used to emphasize their value in conveying spatial patterns. For thematic maps, by removing the possibility for interaction, more attention can be focused on the mapped distributions. Maps that lend themselves best for public display are those that are frequently updated, such as weather maps. Other types of frequently updated maps (FUMs) include those of earthquakes, air pollution, and health conditions, such as the spread of a virus. These types of maps are increasingly provided through the internet in an interactive format, making the resultant maps less suited for public display. Described here are available maps that could be displayed in a public setting, and a method to make maps for quick display based on available data. A series of these maps can then be assembled and shown in a continuous loop. The display of maps for the public can be implemented using the low-cost, Raspberry Pi computer. Maps that are suitable for public display, instructions for implementation and the required code are available at: maps.unomaha.community/FUMPD/About.html.
{"title":"Frequently Updated Maps and their Public Display","authors":"M. Peterson, P. Hunt","doi":"10.14714/cp97.1675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14714/cp97.1675","url":null,"abstract":"The display of maps on computer monitors in a public setting can be used to emphasize their value in conveying spatial patterns. For thematic maps, by removing the possibility for interaction, more attention can be focused on the mapped distributions. Maps that lend themselves best for public display are those that are frequently updated, such as weather maps. Other types of frequently updated maps (FUMs) include those of earthquakes, air pollution, and health conditions, such as the spread of a virus. These types of maps are increasingly provided through the internet in an interactive format, making the resultant maps less suited for public display. Described here are available maps that could be displayed in a public setting, and a method to make maps for quick display based on available data. A series of these maps can then be assembled and shown in a continuous loop. The display of maps for the public can be implemented using the low-cost, Raspberry Pi computer. Maps that are suitable for public display, instructions for implementation and the required code are available at: maps.unomaha.community/FUMPD/About.html.","PeriodicalId":35716,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49534122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter from the President","authors":"L. Dillon","doi":"10.14714/cp95.1637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14714/cp95.1637","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35716,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Perspectives","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45444559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Roth, Chelsea Nestel, Tanya Andersen, J. App, Monica Cloutier, Chenxiao Guo, A. Iverson, Melanie Kohls, Jackson Lodermeier, Athena McKindsey, Ellie Milligan, Pete Nielsen, Catherine Palm, Emily Pettit, Megan Roessler, N. Underwood, Genevieve Vahl
The advanced cartography class at UW–Madison offers a deep dive into narrative & storytelling, aesthetics & design, and ethics & critique in cartography. In the fall semester of 2018, we added a sequence of four sketch mapping activities to this class to enable creative exploration as a warm-up to each technical lab assignment. Sketch mapping is a well-established research method in which participants translate their experiences, emotions, and memories of place into visual representations, with the resulting mental maps taking many possible, equally acceptable forms (Gieseking 2013; Kelly 2016). From a cartographic standpoint, sketch mapping is an important, formative stage in the design process for many practitioners, and arguably a cartographic skill in its own right, with early whiteboarding or wireframing enabling rapid brainstorming, collective discussion of alternatives, and development of storyboards and specification sheets to streamline subsequent design (Lloyd and Dykes 2011; Tyner 2014). As Tierney (2018, 45) writes, “even the roughest sketch is critical to getting into the creative mindset needed to begin a project before getting locked down in the software.”
{"title":"Madison and Vicinity: A Tangible Map Quilt","authors":"R. Roth, Chelsea Nestel, Tanya Andersen, J. App, Monica Cloutier, Chenxiao Guo, A. Iverson, Melanie Kohls, Jackson Lodermeier, Athena McKindsey, Ellie Milligan, Pete Nielsen, Catherine Palm, Emily Pettit, Megan Roessler, N. Underwood, Genevieve Vahl","doi":"10.14714/cp95.1615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14714/cp95.1615","url":null,"abstract":"The advanced cartography class at UW–Madison offers a deep dive into narrative & storytelling, aesthetics & design, and ethics & critique in cartography. In the fall semester of 2018, we added a sequence of four sketch mapping activities to this class to enable creative exploration as a warm-up to each technical lab assignment. Sketch mapping is a well-established research method in which participants translate their experiences, emotions, and memories of place into visual representations, with the resulting mental maps taking many possible, equally acceptable forms (Gieseking 2013; Kelly 2016). From a cartographic standpoint, sketch mapping is an important, formative stage in the design process for many practitioners, and arguably a cartographic skill in its own right, with early whiteboarding or wireframing enabling rapid brainstorming, collective discussion of alternatives, and development of storyboards and specification sheets to streamline subsequent design (Lloyd and Dykes 2011; Tyner 2014). As Tierney (2018, 45) writes, “even the roughest sketch is critical to getting into the creative mindset needed to begin a project before getting locked down in the software.”","PeriodicalId":35716,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46011009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Fifty Maps and the Stories they Tell","authors":"J. Seemann","doi":"10.14714/cp95.1623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14714/cp95.1623","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35716,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45762116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. B. Harley’s insistence that “there is no such thing as an empty space on a map” invites critical inquiry into which places are being left blank in popular reference maps, and why. I discuss the myriad reasons that items may not appear on a map, and invite a rethinking of the way selection is conceptualized in cartographic education. In this study, several GIS-supported methods are used to identify and compare consistently empty areas in print and digital maps of Washington State made by Google, Microsoft, OpenStreetMap, Rand McNally, National Geographic, and the state Department of Transportation. I then examine the physical and human landscapes of these places using imagery overlays, queries of land ownership data, and observations from site visits. In Washington State, empty spaces on the map are highly connected with regional and global economies, and are essential for supporting the needs of urban life such as food, electricity, construction, and waste disposal. City dwellers may not ever see or recognize the intensive land uses occurring in these geographies, whose landowners include an intriguing mix of large industries, multiple levels of government, religious colonies, and individuals searching for space and solitude.
J. B. Harley坚持认为“地图上没有空白的地方”，这引起了人们对哪些地方在流行的参考地图上是空白的以及为什么空白的批判性质疑。我讨论了许多项目可能不会出现在地图上的原因，并邀请人们重新思考在制图教育中概念化选择的方式。在这项研究中，使用了几种gis支持的方法来识别和比较由谷歌、微软、OpenStreetMap、兰德·麦克纳利、国家地理和州交通部制作的华盛顿州印刷和数字地图中的一贯空白区域。然后，我使用图像叠加、土地所有权数据查询和实地考察的观察来检查这些地方的自然景观和人文景观。在华盛顿州，地图上的空地与区域和全球经济密切相关，对于支持城市生活需求(如食品、电力、建筑和废物处理)至关重要。城市居民可能从来没有看到或意识到这些地区发生的集约土地利用，其土地所有者包括大型工业，各级政府，宗教殖民地和寻找空间和孤独的个人。
{"title":"Geographies of Empty Spaces on Print and Digital Reference Maps: A Study of Washington State","authors":"Sterling D. Quinn","doi":"10.14714/cp95.1591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14714/cp95.1591","url":null,"abstract":"J. B. Harley’s insistence that “there is no such thing as an empty space on a map” invites critical inquiry into which places are being left blank in popular reference maps, and why. I discuss the myriad reasons that items may not appear on a map, and invite a rethinking of the way selection is conceptualized in cartographic education. In this study, several GIS-supported methods are used to identify and compare consistently empty areas in print and digital maps of Washington State made by Google, Microsoft, OpenStreetMap, Rand McNally, National Geographic, and the state Department of Transportation. I then examine the physical and human landscapes of these places using imagery overlays, queries of land ownership data, and observations from site visits. In Washington State, empty spaces on the map are highly connected with regional and global economies, and are essential for supporting the needs of urban life such as food, electricity, construction, and waste disposal. City dwellers may not ever see or recognize the intensive land uses occurring in these geographies, whose landowners include an intriguing mix of large industries, multiple levels of government, religious colonies, and individuals searching for space and solitude.","PeriodicalId":35716,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Perspectives","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48437494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter from the Editor","authors":"A. Griffin","doi":"10.14714/cp93.1583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14714/cp93.1583","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35716,"journal":{"name":"Cartographic Perspectives","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41400091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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