The present contribution, articulated in three paragraphs, proposes a reflection on the perspective that, within the geographical approach, underscores the value of cartographic representation. After briefly summarizing the theoretical context through a series of hints and episodes, we shall propose a reflection about contemporary urban spaces which intertwines the geographical, the urban and the literary discourse on the inalienable need to solve the complexity in the model of the cartographic sign. The map, intended as a model of knowledge, has always accompanied humans in the representation of places but, above all, in the representation of the self in space. Can the contemporary city, seemingly rampant and amorphous, actually escape cartographic depictions? We don’t think so.

Stones, maps and cities

Giovanni Messina
2021-01-01

Abstract

The present contribution, articulated in three paragraphs, proposes a reflection on the perspective that, within the geographical approach, underscores the value of cartographic representation. After briefly summarizing the theoretical context through a series of hints and episodes, we shall propose a reflection about contemporary urban spaces which intertwines the geographical, the urban and the literary discourse on the inalienable need to solve the complexity in the model of the cartographic sign. The map, intended as a model of knowledge, has always accompanied humans in the representation of places but, above all, in the representation of the self in space. Can the contemporary city, seemingly rampant and amorphous, actually escape cartographic depictions? We don’t think so.
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