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Kartan som spegling och produktion av rumslighet

Germundsson, Tomas LU orcid (2008) p.111-124
Abstract
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.
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author
organization
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type
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Lefebvre, map, representation, space, modernity, welfare state
host publication
Kartan i forskningens tjänst
editor
Edlund, Lars-Erik ; Gräslund, Anne-Sofie and Svensson, Birgitta
pages
111 - 124
publisher
Kungliga Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur
ISSN
0065-0897
ISBN
978-91-85352-77-7
language
Swedish
LU publication?
yes
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d752d1ce-4196-4041-a876-87e3232a8369 (old id 1288296)
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2016-04-01 14:24:50
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2018-11-21 20:26:34
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