Understanding Different Geographies
Published on 23. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 252 pages
978-3-662-52199-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book collects revised versions of papers first delivered at the "Understanding Different Geographies Symposium" held in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria in 2011. The Symposium focussed on "Communicating Meaning with [Geo]Graphic Artefacts". The general topics of the chapters cover:
- Exploring geographic knowledge
- Maps in exhibition spaces
- Information and exhibition design with (geo)graphic artefacts
- Extracting meaning from visualisations of different geographies
- Deconstructing maps of information - and other spaces
- Exploring geographic knowledge
- Maps in exhibition spaces
- Information and exhibition design with (geo)graphic artefacts
- Extracting meaning from visualisations of different geographies
- Deconstructing maps of information - and other spaces
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 252 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-662-52199-1 (9783662521991)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-29770-0
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Karel Kriz | William Cartwright | Michaela Kinberger
Understanding Different Geographies
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10/2012
Springer
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Content
From the Contents: Maps and Design.- Cartography utilizing Geo-Communication.- Understanding different geographies: the case for drawings and sketches.- Artefacts and geospaces.- Understanding Artefacts through Geographies - Perceiving Geographies through Artefacts.- Harriet Edquist and Lisa Byrne: Understanding Place.- When countries become gods - some thoughts on the geospatial aspect of deities and demons in India.- Exhibitions and Geospace.- Potential Information Gains for Exhibition Makers and their audience in Mapping the Movement of Objects.- Representations and Geospace.- The Geography of Uncertainty: Outcomes Spaces and Uncertainty Visualization.