Book Review of The Power of Maps: Making the Past and Future Visible
Abstrak
Denis Wood' s The Power of Maps: Making the Past and Future Visible breaks away from the conventional cartographic view of maps as objective geographical mirrors and reconceptualizes the very nature of maps from an interdisciplinary perspective. By examining maps through multiple lenses—including their role in serving interests, their historical embeddedness, their logic of symbolic coding, the evolution of symbols across individual and cultural dimensions, and their capacity for practical empowerment—the book reveals the core characteristics of maps as social constructs and their deep entanglement with power, culture, and interests throughout history. Through a close reading of the book’s core arguments, this review analyzes its key contributions to the paradigm shift in cartographic studies and highlights its enduring implications for both map practice and theoretical research in the digital age.
Penulis (1)
Yulian Huang
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.48014/fdg.20251212003
- Akses
- Open Access ✓