Cartography

Definitions

1. The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
   uncountable, usually
2. An illustrative discussion of a topic.
   countable, figuratively, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“In the early years of my psychedelic research⟳, I sketched a vastly expanded cartography of the psyche that seems to meet⟳ this challenge⟳.”

“The Dalit feminist standpoint, and more specifically the national Federation of Dalit Women, provide⟳ in very clear terms a cartography of governance that forces an official reckoning of a new way of seeing.”

“Since this cartography is not a representation of already existing spaces or cinematic forms but is rather oriented towards the new, it could be described as a cartography of the virtual; however, since Ruiz's work⟳ makes a point⟳ of departing from the normative rules of cinematic construction as a first principle, this book will outline Ruiz's cartography of images as a cartography of the impossible.”

“In short, the volume aims to provide⟳ the reader with the coordinates for current debates in global art and to develop⟳ a cartography of the various conceptual and methodological intersections that global art studies is addressing today.”

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