Sketch maps : : drawing the geographical imagination /

Sketch maps : : drawing the geographical imagination / / Carla Lois.

"Sketch maps, despite their intuitive, informal appearance and seemingly nai¨ve use, are intellectual devices and efficient tools that shape the geographical imagination, regardless of the drawing skills of their makers. By delineating the silhouettes of nations, we express territorial knowledg...

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Superior document:Map history (Brill Academic Publishers)
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Lois, Carla,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Map history (Brill Academic Publishers)
Physical Description:1 online resource (117 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • Introduction: Maps and Geography
  • 1 The (Carto)graphic (Im)pulse
  • 1.1 Defining Sketch Maps
  • 1.2 Mental Maps and Their Graphic Inscription
  • 2 Maps for Education: from Academies to Schools
  • 2.1 Maps at Saloons and Academies: a Method for Enlightenment
  • 2.2 Maps at School: a Method for Education
  • 3 Instructions to Promote Graphic Skills to Learn Geography
  • 3.1 Instructions for Teachers
  • 3.2 Instructions for Students
  • 3.2.1 Sketching a Map from Memory and on a Blank Sheet
  • 3.2.2 Sketching a Map on an Empty Grid, a Graphic or "Lettering" Skeleton, from a Text or from a Combination of Skeleton and Texts
  • 4 Figures, Silhouettes, Geometrical Shapes and Geopolitical Imagination
  • 4.1 The Silhouette, the Logotype Map and the National Geographical Imaginaries
  • 4.2 Territorial Contours and Geopolitical Premises
  • Final Remarks: Open Questions to be Answered
  • Bibliography.

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