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Digital Performative Mapping

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With the digitization of maps, a shift in cartographic practice has been initiated that challenges cartographers' role (or exclusive power) in how maps come into being. The public appropriation of digital tools and digital mapping technologies have led to a development in which citizens (and not only formally trained cartographers) actively participate in the practice of mapping, in turn multiplying the number of maps that are being contested. This cartographic turn —conceptualized in this PhD as the performative turn in cartography— has created an opportunity of engaging people in public (space) issues in novel ways, leading to potentially more inclusive decision making processes. Consequently, mapping technologies are increasingly being adopted as a means to seek public participation within urban planning or as a means to empower citizens in public (space) issues in other domains. The implications that digital map interfaces have, conceptualizing public space and the public domain as a physical-virtual hybrid, is examined and presented. Situated at the crossing of critical cartography and design research, the PhD examines in what ways Digital Performative Mapping can afford participation in public (space) issues and what kind of knowledge embodied interaction with the map produces. Through presenting eight case studies, the doctoral research explores and defines the affordances of Digital Performative Mapping for three different domains: society, research, and education. Map apps are presented as a novel method of knowledge acquisition and knowledge transfer, with which both an analytical framework as well as an interpretive reflection on the case studies encompass the research methodology.
Aantal pagina's: 270
Jaar van publicatie:2022
Toegankelijkheid:Embargoed