Mapping 'Ancient' Chinese Antarctica
International audience I examine how modern cartography may support the traditional perception of the Chinese landscape by studying the rendition of that environment asfar away from China as geographically possible. I discuss the ways in which map-readers can combine the metaphors of geomancy and mo...
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ftunivorleans:oai:HAL:hal-02524526v1 2023-12-31T09:59:38+01:00 Mapping 'Ancient' Chinese Antarctica Forêt, Philippe Centre d'Etudes pour le Développement des Territoires et l'Environnement (CEDETE) Université d'Orléans (UO) 2001 https://hal.science/hal-02524526 en eng HAL CCSD hal-02524526 https://hal.science/hal-02524526 Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet) https://hal.science/hal-02524526 Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet), 2001, 73, pp.193-215 Antartique Cartographie [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2001 ftunivorleans 2023-12-05T23:47:15Z International audience I examine how modern cartography may support the traditional perception of the Chinese landscape by studying the rendition of that environment asfar away from China as geographically possible. I discuss the ways in which map-readers can combine the metaphors of geomancy and modernity when they compare the maps that Chinese scientists have compiled on King George Island, Antarctica. Connotations, suggestions and discrepancies in the naming of the island features play a crucial role in my construction of a coherent system for the ancient interpretation of a newly built landscape. I can therefore explain how the metaphorical cartography of a site has assisted in creating a cultural environment that has subjectively displaced the physical environment of insular Antarctica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica King George Island Université d'Orléans: HAL |
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International audience I examine how modern cartography may support the traditional perception of the Chinese landscape by studying the rendition of that environment asfar away from China as geographically possible. I discuss the ways in which map-readers can combine the metaphors of geomancy and modernity when they compare the maps that Chinese scientists have compiled on King George Island, Antarctica. Connotations, suggestions and discrepancies in the naming of the island features play a crucial role in my construction of a coherent system for the ancient interpretation of a newly built landscape. I can therefore explain how the metaphorical cartography of a site has assisted in creating a cultural environment that has subjectively displaced the physical environment of insular Antarctica. |
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Forêt, Philippe |
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Forêt, Philippe |
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Mapping 'Ancient' Chinese Antarctica |
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Mapping 'Ancient' Chinese Antarctica |
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Mapping 'Ancient' Chinese Antarctica |
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Mapping 'Ancient' Chinese Antarctica |
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Mapping 'Ancient' Chinese Antarctica |
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mapping 'ancient' chinese antarctica |
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Antarc* Antarctica King George Island |
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Antarc* Antarctica King George Island |
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Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet) https://hal.science/hal-02524526 Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet), 2001, 73, pp.193-215 |
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