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Mapping the Unmappable? Cartographic Explorations with Indigenous Peoples in Africa
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Abstract How can we map differing perceptions of the living environment? 'Mapping the Unmappable?' explores the potential of cartography to communicate the relations of Africa's indigenous peoples with other human and non-human actors within their environments. These relations transcend Western dichotomies s... view more
How can we map differing perceptions of the living environment? 'Mapping the Unmappable?' explores the potential of cartography to communicate the relations of Africa's indigenous peoples with other human and non-human actors within their environments. These relations transcend Western dichotomies such as culture-nature, human-animal, natural-supernatural. The volume brings two strands of research - cartography and "relational" anthropology - into a closer dialogue. It provides case studies in Africa as well as lessons to be learned from other continents (e.g. North America, Asia and Australia). The contributors create a deepened understanding of indigenous ontologies for a further decolonization of maps, and thus advance current debates in the social sciences.... view less
Keywords
Africa; anthropology; cartography; cultural anthropology; cultural geography; indigenous peoples; culture; nature; zone
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Critical Cartography; Relational Ontologies; Hunter-gatherers; Space; Human Ecology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
343 p.
Series
Social and Cultural Geography, 39
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839452417
ISSN
2703-1659
ISBN
978-3-8394-5241-7
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0