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Each chapter of this study has thematized aspects of what I have termed the “ontology of calculability.” This constitutively modern casting of geography grasps the world as a singular, measurable, and monochronous extension, allowing diverse terrains to be quantified, rendered legible, and thereby p...

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Published inMapping Beyond Measure p. 207
Main Author Simon Ferdinand
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published UNP - Nebraska 01.12.2019
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Summary:Each chapter of this study has thematized aspects of what I have termed the “ontology of calculability.” This constitutively modern casting of geography grasps the world as a singular, measurable, and monochronous extension, allowing diverse terrains to be quantified, rendered legible, and thereby purposefully remade. Through an analysis of Jeremy Wood’s artistic gps mappings, the previous chapter explored how cartography’s excluded social others are “taking back the map” from professional institutions under the conditions of contemporary digitization. I also stressed, however, how the emergence of a more distributed digital mapping culture does not displace the ontological presumptions that have long
ISBN:1496212118
9781496212115
DOI:10.2307/j.ctvrnfr46.11