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Lines underground: Exploring and mapping Venezuela's cave environment / Maria Alejandra Perez in Cartographica, vol 48 n° 4 (December 2013)  

Public [article]  inCartographica > vol 48 n° 4 (December 2013) . - pp 293 - 308 Titre : Lines underground: Exploring and mapping Venezuela's cave environment Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Maria Alejandra Perez, Auteur Année de publication : 2013 Article en page(s) : pp 293 - 308 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Cartographie thématique [Termes IGN] dessin cartographique [Termes IGN] ethnologie [Termes IGN] grotte [Termes IGN] lever topographique [Termes IGN] spéléologie [Termes IGN] Vénézuela [Termes IGN] visualisation cartographique Résumé : (Auteur) How do the lines on a map come into being? What stories do they tell? These questions are examined in the context of cave exploration and mapping in Venezuela. Ethnographic analysis focuses on mapping in the field, the translation of notes into final maps, and discourses surrounding these practices. The lines that cave surveyors sketch in field books while traversing underground passages reveal a dialectic between cartographic and exploratory practices. Two key factors shape this dynamic: first, the experience of probing humans “pushing passages” with no obvious end in sight, and second, the coordinated and skilled use of tools by explorers working in teams. Here, humans define both the scale and perspective of cartographic representations. But bodies slithering along passages make lines, too. This paper simultaneously considers lines of lead on paper and traces of bodies in the earth as a way to think of exploration and mapping as emergent engagements. This case powerfully illustrates the ontogenic nature of maps, highlighting the (re)production of social relations that continually brings them into being along with the environment that engenders these engagements. Finally, cave exploration and mapping illustrate the limits of our vision and technologies to grasp and order nature. Numéro de notice : A2013-650 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3138/carto.48.4.1696 En ligne : http://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/carto.48.4.1696 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=32786 [article]

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