Intervention: Mapping is critical!

Herb, Guntram Henrik; Häkli, Jouni; Corson, Mark W.; Mellow, Nicole; Cobarrubias, Sebastián; Casas-Cortés, Maribel

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.09.005

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“…The potential, I believe, lies not in "going beyond the map", but rather in harnessing the map in new ways. As several geographers have suggested here (Herb et al, 2009) the response should not be to exasperate of maps, but rather to use maps creatively. The mirror-map of Israel/Palestine could become an uncanny starting point to discover the rich possibilities of shared geographies.…”

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Trapped in mirror-images: The rhetoric of maps in Israel/Palestine

Wallach

2011

Political Geography

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a b s t r a c tThe map of Israel/Palestine has long been used by both Israelis and Palestinians, from their unequal power positions, as a celebrated national symbol. It is virtually the same map, depicting a sliver-shaped land between River Jordan and the Mediterranean, two overlapping homelands in one territory. Thus, a single geo-body appears to contain two antagonistic and asymmetrical nations, locked in a bitter struggle. The article interprets the uncanny mirror-maps of Israel/Palestine by drawing on recent work in critical cartography. One approach has read maps as rhetorical claims for power and over territory; indeed, the mirror-maps of Israel/Palestine are often read as indications of maximalist territorial ambitions and hidden wishes to "wipe the other off the map". However, this article suggests an alternative, de-territorialised reading of political maps as "empty signifiers" of multiple meanings. Following analysis of maps as objects of performance, whose meaning depends on users and contexts, the article emphasises the ritualistic sacralisation of the Israel/Palestine map. Embedded within discourses of memory and history, maps are tools of narrating the nation, often in diasporic contexts, carrying with them vast emotional significance to both peoples. These issues were largely left unaddressed by the territorial paradigm which has dominated scholarship and political negotiations. Moving the discussion of geography beyond narrow territorial claims towards an appreciation of the richness and heterogeneity of space is crucial, yet faces formidable challenges both politically and conceptually.

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Trapped in mirror-images: The rhetoric of maps in Israel/Palestine

Wallach

2011

Political Geography

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“…That division, partly inspired by the commons literature (resource, rules, users) is problematic as it tends to suggest that there is such a thing as a finished map, a fixed representation, or a product. While the literature show the flaws in such an approach, arguing for a shift from maps to mapping that shows the processual nature of cartographic science (Herb et al, 2009;Kitchin and Dodge, 2007), but it proves somewhat unpractical for documenting real types. It has been challenging to describe existing mappings without referring to the way they are produced and maintained.…”

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“…At an operational level, Gibson-Graham (2008) This is not accidental. Indeed, while GIS and mapping technologies is now widespread the use of maps by geographers is in constant to relative decline as has been largely described by the literature as argued by Herb et al (2009) andWheeler (2013). Indeed, following Harley and his postmodern critique of maps as representations of power -heavily tainted by their history of being used as means of domination -rather than objective forms of knowledge (Harley, 1989), maps are being cautiously approached in geography.…”

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“…Thus, Kitchin and Dodge (2007) argued that maps are transitory, they are always mappings, and cartography is a processual, rather than representational, science. Similarly, Herb et al (2009) argue that the focus of (political) geographers should be on the material practices behind the construction and use of maps. This shift towards mapping as a practice is accompanied by an increasing interest for performativity.…”

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Collaboratively mapping alternative economies

Labaeye¹

2017

netcom

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“…Par ailleurs, la reconnaissance croissante et l'émergence de nouveaux acteurs ayant recours à la cartographie -groupes indigènes, artistes, mouvements sociaux -complexifient les analyses sur la production, la diffusion, la mise en oeuvre et la lecture des cartes. Celles-ci peuvent servir d'autres fins à l'aide de moyens de plus en plus divers, voire même faire partie de projets émancipateurs (Herb et al, 2009 (voir Howard, 2008). Deuxièmement, au sens où la culture professionnelle de la gendarmerie conduit à l'établissement d'un savoir géographique vernaculaire (Collignon, 2005).…”

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Cartographies policières : la dimension vernaculaire du contrôle territorial

Germes¹

2014

echogeo

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Le « crime mapping » (ou cartographie de la criminalité), très développé dans les polices métropolitaines ou régionales de pays anglophones, fait l’objet de controverses intenses. Celles-ci sous-estiment cependant deux éléments : premièrement, l’antériorité de pratiques cartographiques dans la police à l’acquisition des outils de cartographie numérique ; deuxièmement, des pratiques cartographiques sur le terrain caractérisées par l’autodidactisme. Les pratiques policières de cartographie relèvent ainsi d’une culture professionnelle particulière distincte de l’expertise des cartographes professionnels : cet article met en évidence la dimension vernaculaire du travail cartographique policier et montre en quoi les multiples cartographies policières sont malgré tout au service d’un projet territorial de contrôle. Grâce à une enquête sur la cartographie dans la gendarmerie nationale française, l’article contribue à une approche géographique de la police ancrée dans la cartographie critique et la géographie francophone.

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Intervention: Mapping is critical!

Cited by 33 publications

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Trapped in mirror-images: The rhetoric of maps in Israel/Palestine

Trapped in mirror-images: The rhetoric of maps in Israel/Palestine

Collaboratively mapping alternative economies

Cartographies policières : la dimension vernaculaire du contrôle territorial

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