by Tanner Higgin — University of California, Riverside
March 13, 2011 – 07:30
Maps, Levels, and the Orchestration of Conflict
The notion that maps, and the cartographic processes behind those maps, are functions of power, most commonly imperial power, is a fundamental assumption of critical geography. As the diagrammatic products of territorial struggles between political forces, maps are both representations of the world and constructions of that world. They are ideological imprints that actively shape the relations they purport to scientifically reflect. ... read more »
