Kartan som spegling och produktion av rumslighet
Author
Editor
- Lars-Erik Edlund
- Anne-Sofie Gräslund
- Birgitta Svensson
Summary, in English
The map is not simply a representation of existing space, or a mirror of the earth’s surface. It is rather a multi-faceted instrument expressing that the power to represent is the power to order, and that the rationality of geometrical space could influence people’s lived spaces through its role as a planning tool. These issues are discussed with three examples from Swedish modernity; the production of land survey maps, the early economic mapping, and the map’s role in welfare planning. It is concluded that maps are important study objects if one wants to analyse the formation of modern society.
Department/s
Publishing year
2008
Language
Swedish
Pages
111-124
Publication/Series
Kartan i forskningens tjänst
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur
Topic
- Human Geography
Keywords
- Lefebvre
- map
- representation
- space
- modernity
- welfare state
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0065-0897
- ISBN: 978-91-85352-77-7