Human Cartography
When it is Good to Map
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4801899 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danny Dorling (0000-0001-9519-0537, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-288 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a300277 |
| OpenAlex | W2100672397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 3 |
In recent years quantitative geography and cartography have been devalued within human geography. This process has often been led by writers who have questioned the extent to which researchers who analyse numbers about people ignore other ways of studying society. Often examples of the 'unsympathetic' mapping of people's lives or the conspiratorial creation of particular statistical social landscapes are given as reasons to avoid quantitative research. In this paper I concentrate on some visual approaches to understanding society, in particular, the view of 'human cartography'. I argue, through a series of examples, that there is much more to mapping society than simply reinforcing an image of the status quo. There are many people involved in alternative mapping, few of whom would see themselves as geographers. Perhaps human geography should consider why mapping is now so popular, how mapping is changing, and the part geography could play in redrawing the world, before dismissing mapping as a means to understanding
Cartography · Data science · Economic geography · Geography · Human geography · Political science · Regional science · Sociology · Status quo · Computer Science · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods
Regional narratives, hidden maps, and storied places
The politics of changing human geography's agenda
Feminist Visualization
A Concise Companion to Postcolonial Literature
Sketch Maps and Qualitative GIS
Taking speed seriously
Measuring and mapping long-term changes in migration flows using population-scale family tree data
Extending the conversation on socially engaged geographic visualization
Cartography
Geography and History
Cultural Exploration Through Mapping
Teaching Cartography in Academia
The Place of Numbers
Theorizing with GIS
Mapping reflexive communities
Ancient civilizations' territorial borders analyzed through their cosmogonies
Residents' perspectives on defining neighbourhood
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,68 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |