Cartography, Ethics and Social Theory

Bibliographic Data

ID14701918
AuthorsJB HARLEY (University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee / Wisconsin, United States, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume27
Issue2
Pages1-23
Publication date1990-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/c211-1512-0603-xj14
OpenAlexW2147396722
LanguageEN
Citations received94

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

Archaeology · Cartography · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Dilemma · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Geography · Humanism · Neglect · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Social representation · Social science · Sociology · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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