Italian Geographer Massimo Quaini’s Critical Contribution to the Study of Maps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14701418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valentina De Santi (0009-0006-7141-7163, Dipartimento di Discipline Umanistiche, Sociali e delle Imprese Culturali (DUSIC) / University of Parma / Parma / Emilia-Romagna / Italy, corresponding author), Luisa Rossi (0000-0001-8668-6370, Dipartimento di Discipline Umanistiche, Sociali e delle Imprese Culturali (DUSIC) / University of Parma / Parma / Emilia-Romagna / Italy) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-93 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| 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/cart-2022-0012 |
| OpenAlex | W4385432268 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This article proposes to present to an international public of map scholars the work of the Italian geographer Massimo Quaini, active between the 1970s and 2017. Known outside Italy as a radical geographer mainly for his work Geography and Marxism (1982), Quaini has dedicated numerous studies to the history and criticism of the map. The interest in his scientific production concerns firstly his theoretical contribution to map theory, having subjected to an intense criticism the traditional notion of the cartographic device. Theoretical considerations and the study of documents – analysed in every aspect (patrons, authors, languages, etc.) – have intertwined in a scientific work based on two types of sources: the cartography of the Liguria region and the Napoleonic topographers’ activity, studies in which he anticipated the remarkable work of Anne Godwleska
Cartography · Criticism · Epistemology · Geographer · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Historical Geography and Cartography · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |