Introduction
The Limits to Deconstructing the Map
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reuben Rose-Redwood (0000-0001-6384-5877, University of Victoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/carto.50.1.01 |
| OpenAlex | W2104832967 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 27 |
This special issue marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of J.B. Harley's “Deconstructing the Map” (1989), which has had a major influence in the fields of critical cartography, the history of cartography, and human geography more generally. Over the last quarter century, this essay and related works have also been widely cited by scholars from a broad range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities, serving as a key reference for those seeking to theorize the spatial politics of maps and mapping. Through such citational practices, “Deconstructing the Map” has acquired a canonical status as one of the classics of critical cartographic theory, yet the limitations of its theoretical and methodological analyses are widely acknowledged even by Harley's strongest supporters. The contributors to this special issue discuss their own critical engagements with this foundational text as well as the extent to which Harley's work still resonates with contemporary perspectives in the field of critical cartography today. The broader aim of this collection is therefore not to further canonize Harley as the patron saint of critical cartography but rather to think through the limits of “Deconstructing the Map” to ensure that current and future theorizations of the power of mapping remain open to self-critique and new becomings
Art · Cartography · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Geography · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Law · Philosophy
Semantic ruminations on ‘post-representational cartography
Imagens de mundos de jogo e práticas espaciais
Mapping the truth about mining
Climate change communication beyond the digital divide
Participatory Mapping and Counter-Representations in Wind Energy Planning
Maps, volunteered geographic information (VGI) and the spatio-discursive construction of nature
The Blueness of Water in Cartography, Culture, and Art
Elicitated Mapping als Methode zur Ermittlung von Raumbildern regionaler Abgeordneter
Cartography I
Fixing the territory, a turning point
Visualizing new political ecologies
Deconstructing the Map
Italian Geographer Massimo Quaini’s Critical Contribution to the Study of Maps
Decolonizing the Map
Cartographic Inference
Tracing the Map in the Age of Web 2.0
Mapping Land and People in the North
Mapping Land and People in the North
Mapping Energy Geopolitics in Europe
Revisiting critical GIS
Ready? Now Drop the Bomb
Histoire de la sexualité, Tome I
Writing worlds
Postmodern geographies
Knowledge and power
The History of Sexuality Vol I
The Order of Things
Mapping, Postmodernism, Indigenous People And The Changing Direction Of North American Cartography
Commentary
Deconstructing the Map
Imago Mundi / The First Fifty Years And The Next Ten
Cartography, Ethics and Social Theory
Images of Power
The Origins and Development of J.B. Harley's Cartographic Theories
Between Demythologizing and Deconstructing the Map
The Fine Line Between Mapping and Map Making
The Role of Ethics, Mapping, and the Meaning of Place in Relations Between Indians and Whites in the United States
Rethinking maps
The condition of postmodernity
A 'new Foucault' with lively implications - or 'the crawfish advances sideways
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2025 (37) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |