Cultural Geography and Mapping
by Yuwei Lin
From all it was
said (open street map, geocathing, ‘mapping the subject’) what have interested
the most was the well pointed fact that maps are not only geographic
statements.
More than that,
maps are art work that can be use to tell stories and may also be satirical.
Moreover, not only they are a representation of the place but also can be an
interpretation of the mind and memory.
alternative mapping = alternative
realities
Reading
· London: The Biography, 2000; Peter Ackroyd
Chaper 6 – Silence is golden
In Silence is golden, Ackroyd discuss silence
within certain places in London. Through this chapter the author uses texts
from three foreigners visitors, who in the nineteenth century have noted the
presence of silence: American
connoisseur of antiquity, Washington Irving; American writer, Nathaniel
Hawthornes; French traveller, Gabriel Mourey. Moreover, he also quotes Dickens
and Lydegate
Throughout his
text, Ackroyd analyses the ambiguous presence that silence takes in London. His
considerations focus on the contrasting feelings and moods that quiet places
might arouse in the city and the citizens.
“It is not a
natural silence but a ‘play’, one must endure. It is in that sense wholly ambiguous;
it may provoke peaceful contemplation, or it may arouse anxiety.
· Janet Cardiff: the walk book, 2005; Mirjam
Schaub
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