The Surveyor's Model of the World
The Uses and Abuses of History in Introductory Surveying Textbooks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14702117 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reuben Rose-Redwood (0000-0001-6384-5877, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 45-54 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| 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/u500-84u2-5652-4973 |
| OpenAlex | W2010933456 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
A growing body of geographical literature has examined the importance of power relations in the history of surveying and mapping, yet such studies have been virtually ignored by the engineering establishment and the authors of introductory surveying textbooks, many of whom are professional engineers. The present study seeks to compare the "textbook histories" of surveying with recent analyses of surveying as a mechanism of social control. The study is based on a selection of 15 US surveying textbooks published over the last century and argues that current textbook accounts of the history of surveying are both Eurocentric and nationalistic - legitimizing the state while at the same time denying the significance of power.
Acknowledgement · Cartography · Epistemology · Geography · Political science · Power (physics · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · State (computer science · Surveyor · Computer Science · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2019 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |