Renversements décoloniaux de la cartographie de l’Arctique
In this article, the author studies the reversal initiatives of Arctic cartography. He evaluates the effect on the conception of the territory caused by conventions, the insufficiency of the polar knowledge, as well as the power of the “imagined North”. Finally, he analyzes the counter-mapping among...
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Language: | French |
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Figura, Centre de recherche sur le texte et l'imaginaire
2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7202/1073476ar http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1073476ar |
Summary: | In this article, the author studies the reversal initiatives of Arctic cartography. He evaluates the effect on the conception of the territory caused by conventions, the insufficiency of the polar knowledge, as well as the power of the “imagined North”. Finally, he analyzes the counter-mapping among the Sami, in Québec, in Greenland and in Nunavik. He concludes that a decolonial movement is helping to “recomplexify” the Arctic by revealing different conceptions of space. Dans cet article, l’auteur étudie les initiatives de renversement de la cartographie de l’Arctique. Il évalue l’effet sur la conception du territoire des conventions, de l’insuffisance des connaissances polaires, ainsi que de la puissance de « l’imaginaire du Nord ». Enfin, il analyse la contre-cartographie chez les Sâmes, au Québec, au Groenland et au Nunavik. Il conclut qu’un mouvement décolonial permet de « recomplexifier » l’Arctique en révélant des conceptions diverses de l’espace. |
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