The plurality of possible geographies (and cartographies)

Authors

  • Federica Cengarle Università degli Studi di Milano
  • Francesco Somaini Universtià degli Studi del Salento

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/66

Keywords:

Geography, Cartography, Space

Abstract

The paper is about the multifarious meanings of the recent Geographic sciences and about the manyfold approaches coming from it. We dwell upon the usefulness of all these issues for the historians. Furthermore we tackle the polyvalent concept of space, touching on inter-spatiality, co-spatiality and so on. And then we consider the plurality of perceptions by different actors on different scale levels, and the ways to weigh the effectiveness of each possible representation of space. Lastly, we deal with potentiality of informatic tools and their applications to historical cartography to reproduce this spatial plurality.

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Published

2009-12-15

How to Cite

Cengarle, Federica, and Francesco Somaini. 2009. “The Plurality of Possible Geographies (and Cartographies)”. Reti Medievali Journal 10 (1):3-19. https://doi.org/10.6092/1593-2214/66.

Issue

Vol. 10 (2009)

Section

Discussions

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