JOHN FELS
Biographic Data
| ID | 7248271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | JOHN FELS |
| GIVEN NAMES | JOHN |
| FAMILY NAME | FELS |
| SIGNATURE | FELS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World
This article is an adaptation of the first chapter of the authors’ book of the same name. The main conceptual move they propose is to take seriously the ambiguity of the expression “nature of maps” — the need to investigate the nature of maps by investigating the nature of maps, and vice versa. Each of these two natures can only be understood in light of the other. The article consists of three thematic parts. The first, based on the ideas of Gér…
The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World
Editor's Note We are pleased to introduce a new section in Cartographica devoted to a series of invited critiques and commentary on a target article. For the inaugural contribution, we have chosen to examine chapter 1 of a new book by Denis Wood and John Fels, The Natures of Maps (University of Chicago Press, 2008). Responses to this piece have been provided by Chris Perkins (University of Manchester, UK), Gwilym Eades (McGill University, Montrea…
Designs On Signs / Myth And Meaning In Maps
Every map is at once a synthesis of signs and a sign in itself: an instrument of depiction – of objects, events, places – and an instrument of persuasion – about these, its makers and itself. Like any other sign, it is the product of codes: conventions that prescribe relations of content and expression in a given semiotic circumstance. The codes that underwrite the map are as numerous as its motives, and as thoroughly naturalized within the cultu…
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Designs On Signs / Myth And Meaning In Maps
Every map is at once a synthesis of signs and a sign in itself: an instrument of depiction – of objects, events, places – and an instrument of persuasion – about these, its makers and itself. Like any other sign, it is the product of codes: conventions that prescribe relations of content and expression in a given semiotic circumstance. The codes that underwrite the map are as numerous as its motives, and as thoroughly naturalized within the cultu…
The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World
Editor's Note We are pleased to introduce a new section in Cartographica devoted to a series of invited critiques and commentary on a target article. For the inaugural contribution, we have chosen to examine chapter 1 of a new book by Denis Wood and John Fels, The Natures of Maps (University of Chicago Press, 2008). Responses to this piece have been provided by Chris Perkins (University of Manchester, UK), Gwilym Eades (McGill University, Montrea…
The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World
This article is an adaptation of the first chapter of the authors’ book of the same name. The main conceptual move they propose is to take seriously the ambiguity of the expression “nature of maps” — the need to investigate the nature of maps by investigating the nature of maps, and vice versa. Each of these two natures can only be understood in light of the other. The article consists of three thematic parts. The first, based on the ideas of Gér…
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