On the ‘Topographical Turn’
Concepts of Space in Cultural Studies and Kulturwissenschaften . A Cartographic Feud
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12417536 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sigrid Weigel (Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 187-201 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798709000659 |
| OpenAlex | W1985780075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
Addressing the ‘topographical turn’ in cultural theory which emphasizes spatial constellations and sites, the article discusses concepts of space both in Anglo-American Cultural Theory and in European Culture Studies in order to develop their differences. Within Cultural Studies the program to ‘spatialize’ historical narratives has created a whole language of symbolic topographical figures which function as a counter-discourse for minorities. To argue against the tendency of translating theories in order to transform them into ‘neutral tools’, independent of their historical origin, the article discusses various space-discourses in European cultural theories; it refers to studies from the current cultural reorientation of the humanities but also to those from the early 20th century to illuminate different relationships between philosophy, historiography and cultural techniques
Cultural geography · Cultural turn · Epistemology · Feud · Function (biology · Historiography · Human geography · Linguistics · Narrative · Order (exchange · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Art, Aesthetics, and Perception · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Cultural Studies · History · Philosophy · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |