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The Power of Maps
Taschenbuch von Denis Wood
Sprache: Englisch

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This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead--through the mapmaker's bias. Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a point of view. By connecting us to a reality that could not exist in the absence of maps--a world of property lines and voting rights, taxation districts and enterprise zones--they embody and project the interests of their creators. Sampling the scope of maps available today, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world. THE POWER OF MAPS was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design.
This volume ventures into terrain where even the most sophisticated map fails to lead--through the mapmaker's bias. Denis Wood shows how maps are not impartial reference objects, but rather instruments of communication, persuasion, and power. Like paintings, they express a point of view. By connecting us to a reality that could not exist in the absence of maps--a world of property lines and voting rights, taxation districts and enterprise zones--they embody and project the interests of their creators. Sampling the scope of maps available today, illustrations include Peter Gould's AIDS map, Tom Van Sant's map of the earth, U.S. Geological Survey maps, and a child's drawing of the world. THE POWER OF MAPS was published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design.
Über den Autor

Denis Wood, PhD, is an independent scholar living in Raleigh, North Carolina. He lectures widely and is the author of a dozen books and over 150 papers. From 1974 to 1996, he taught in the School of Design at North Carolina State University. In 1992, he curated the Power of Maps exhibition for the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design (remounted at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, in 1994), for which he wrote the book The Power of Maps. His other books include Rethinking the Power of Maps; Making Maps, Third Edition (coauthored with John Krygier); and Weaponizing Maps (coauthored with Joe Bryan).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 Maps work by serving interests 2. Maps are embedded in a history they help construct 3. Every map shows this...But not that 4. The interest the map serves is masked 5. The interest is embodied in the map in Signs and myths 6. Each side has a history 7. The interest the map serves can be yours, Index.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
Fachbereich: Geografie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780898624939
ISBN-10: 0898624932
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wood, Denis
Auflage: Revised edition
Hersteller: Guilford Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 227 x 150 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Denis Wood
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.10.1992
Gewicht: 0,399 kg
Artikel-ID: 107254607
Über den Autor

Denis Wood, PhD, is an independent scholar living in Raleigh, North Carolina. He lectures widely and is the author of a dozen books and over 150 papers. From 1974 to 1996, he taught in the School of Design at North Carolina State University. In 1992, he curated the Power of Maps exhibition for the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design (remounted at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, in 1994), for which he wrote the book The Power of Maps. His other books include Rethinking the Power of Maps; Making Maps, Third Edition (coauthored with John Krygier); and Weaponizing Maps (coauthored with Joe Bryan).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 Maps work by serving interests 2. Maps are embedded in a history they help construct 3. Every map shows this...But not that 4. The interest the map serves is masked 5. The interest is embodied in the map in Signs and myths 6. Each side has a history 7. The interest the map serves can be yours, Index.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
Fachbereich: Geografie
Genre: Geowissenschaften, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780898624939
ISBN-10: 0898624932
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wood, Denis
Auflage: Revised edition
Hersteller: Guilford Publications
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 227 x 150 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Denis Wood
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.10.1992
Gewicht: 0,399 kg
Artikel-ID: 107254607
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