National maps, digitalisation and neoliberal cartographies
Transforming nation‐state practices and symbols in postcolonial Ecuador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7096497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Radcliffe (0000-0003-1664-7944, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Sarah A Radcliffe |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 426-444 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00359.x |
| OpenAlex | W1969863676 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 28 |
The paper explores the connection between computerised techniques of mapping and the role of maps in modern nationhood, interrogating the ways that maps are naturalised and deployed in postcolonial neoliberal statecraft. A case study of Ecuador demonstrates how the relationship between cartography and the nation‐state is being both altered and reaffirmed by new mapping practices and institutional processes. Despite neoliberalising moves to decentre state cartographers and the technological advances supporting the proliferation of national maps and map‐makers, Ecuadorian cartographies are still authorised by the nation‐state, as explored in relation to spatial information about the country, and in relation to the processes of land‐titling. Under neoliberal governance and with advanced mapping techniques, land‐titling produces small territories that replicate – in miniature – the jigsaw‐like and modular quality of national territories. As such, mappings of individual private properties produce the reality of neoliberal statecraft
Archaeology · Corporate governance · Economy · Geography · Jigsaw · Land tenure · Land titling · Management · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Relation (database · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Politics and Society in Latin America · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,44 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |