The Art of Mapping Between Land and Mind
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- Francesco Ragazzi - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia; Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France - email
In the creation of maps, scientific knowledge related to mathematics and physics combines with knowledge specific to graphic or artistic disciplines. Since all maps are artifacts whose aesthetic qualities convey information that simultaneously engages the fields of ontology, epistemology, and politics, they are objects of undeniable interest for philosophical inquiry. Following what has been termed “the cartographic turn in social sciences”, The Art of Mapping Between Land and Mind delves into two intertwining issues. On one side, it examines how the aesthetic properties of maps convey cognitive, cultural, and political meanings. On the other, it explores the role of visual arts in reflecting on cartographic thought, shaping both its methods and motivations. The volume is divided into four sections. Embracing the point of view of both the philosopher and the geographer, the first one sheds light on the relationship between epistemology and cartography (Kukla; Costantini; Tanney). The second addresses mapmaking as an art form (Tanca; Haugdal) or, conversely, considers maps from the perspective of their aesthetic properties (Török; Ogundiwin; Elhaik). The third focuses on the digital condition of today’s cartography (Tschochohei; Quaranta; Keller). Finally, the last section includes two contributions that represent attempts to guide cartography toward its future (Bosca; Ianniello). Opening this issue, a special essay by Elizabeth Povinelli offers a generous précis of her upcoming book.
Keywords Geographic Information Systems • Contemporary art • Immanuel Kant • Monsters • Ecology • Settler Colonialism • Spatiality • System • Sea • Palimpsest • Digitalisation • Allegory • Worlding • Transcendental illusion • Physical Geography • Cetaceans • Cartographic Styles • Michel Serres • Epistemic Risk • Blank spot • Mapping • Geographic ontology • Mind • Conceptual analysis • Geography • Aesthetics in Science • Biston betularia carbonaria • Hyperobjects • Mapping processes • Marine ecology • Recording • Hans Ragnar Mathisen • Italian colonial cartography • Symbol • Symbolic Representation • Territory • Iconology • Surveillance technologies • Geontopower • Machine gaze • Sound • Logic • Systematic ambiguity • Libyan Desert • Epistemology • Fluidity • Strait • Indigenous cartography • Climate-change • Map • Philosophy • Scopic regime • Art • Vertical perspective • Semiotics • Conceptual cartography • Category-mistake • Topographic mapping • Maps • Sámi Art • Cartography • Clouds • Ocean • Drone photography • Eco-dystopia • Nelson Goodman • Counter-mapping • Digital • Race • Representational Risk • Ryle • Walter Benjamin • Yorùbáland
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