Critical Chorography: A Pedagogical Approach. Issue 1 (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cohen, Jason E.
• Is Part Of: International journal of humanities and arts computing. Volume 12:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 48
• Page End: 58
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: Chorography -- West Indies -- mapping -- cartography -- spatial humanities -- semiotics -- Jamaica -- Darien -- prize law -- jure praede; Humanities -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Arts -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 001.30285
• DOI: 10.3366/ijhac.2018.0206
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-8548

Abstract

Abstract : This essay articulates the concept of 'critical chorography' through a discussion of the productive intersection of pedagogy in the spatial humanities and map theory as applied to the visualization of early modern maps using contemporary GIS technology. In method, the essay lays out a comparative model for the analysis of maps across early modern and contemporary digital practices by theorizing student-driven practices of mapping first through a deep attention to historical location and documentary evidence, and second, through an inquiry into the digital implications of mapping jurisdictional conflicts through case studies focused on westward expansion in the West Indies. To those ends, the essay examines the drive in contemporary spatial humanities to use the map as a tool of analysis, rather than merely as a platform for visualization and presentation.