CARTOGRAPHY, ETHICS AND SOCIAL THEORY
Publication: Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
Volume 27, Number 2
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'Cartography, Ethics and Social Theory' is a sequel to 'Deconstructing the Map' (Cartographica 26 / 2, 1989: 1–20) and to the 'Responses' to that paper (see 'Commentary' Cartographica 26 /3 &4, 1989: 89–121). It is argued that the absence of a social dimension in cartographic theory has led to a neglect of social issues in the content of maps and that together these deficiencies constitute a crisis of representation. The dilemma of cartographic ethics — and the profession's response to it — is discussed in the context of the technological transformation in official topographical mapping being induced by the invention of Geographical Information Systems. A case is made for the retention of topographical maps in their present published form on the grounds that they can offer a democratic and humanistic form of geographical knowledge.
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'Cartography, Ethics and Social Theory' donne suite 'Deconstructing the Map' (Cartographica, vol. 26, no. 2, 1989, pp. 1–20) et aux rponses cette article (voir 'Commentary', Cartographica, vol. 26, nos 3 et 4, 1989, pp. 89–121). On y soutient que l'absence de dimension sociale dans la thorie cartographique a conduit au dlaissement des questions sociales dans le contenu des cartes et que toutes ces dficiences constitutent une crise de reprsentation. On discute du dilemme de l'thique cartographique – et de la rponse de la profession – dans le contexte de la transformation technologique impose dans la cartographie topographique officielle par l'invention des systmes d'information gographique. On pr´ne ici le maintien des cartes topographiques dans leur forme actuelle, publie, en soutenant qu'elles peuvent offrir une forme de connaissance gographique dmocratique et humaniste.
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Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
Volume 27 • Number 2 • Summer 1990
Pages: 1 - 23
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Published in print: Summer 1990
Published online: 12 October 2006
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