This month has seen the publication of my review of “Rethinking Maps: New Frontiers in Cartographic Theory”, editted by Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin and Chris Perkins, in Environment and Planning B.
The review begins thus:
This collection of essays marks a milestone of scholarship in critical cartography, a discourse most notably augered by the seminal work of John B Harley collected in The New Nature of Maps (2001). This collection moves forward from Harley and provides a timely summation and spur for future research in maps and mapping. In the final chapter of this edited book, a chapter subtitled “A manifesto for map studies”, Martin Dodge, Chris Perkins, and Rob Kitchin make clear that: “It is, we would argue, a stimulating time for mapping scholarship with many challenges and opportunities opening up: no single epistemological position now dominates interpretation” (page 229).For more see the full review. Sorry if you aren’t a subscriber to the journal, I suspect I can’t post the full text though.
A proof of the first chapter, courtesy of Martin Dodge, is available here.
