Decolonizing the Map: Cartography from Colony to Nation (The Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography)

Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independence, and it is rarely straightforward. Mapping their own land is fraught with a fresh set of issues: how to define and administer their territories, develop their national identity, establish their role in the community of nations, and more. The contributors to __Decolonizing the Map__ explore this complicated relationship between mapping and decolonization while engaging with recent theoretical debates about the nature of decolonization itself. These essays, originally delivered as the 2010 Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library, encompass more than two centuries and three continents—Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ranging from the late eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth, contributors study topics from mapping and national identity in late colonial Mexico to the enduring complications created by the partition of British India and the racialized organization of space in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. A vital contribution to studies of both colonization and cartography, __Decolonizing the Map__ is the first book to systematically and comprehensively examine the engagement of mapping in the long—and clearly unfinished—parallel processes of decolonization and nation building in the modern world. Vrijwel uniform proberen nieuwe onafhankelijke staten hun onafhankelijkheid en identiteit te bevestigen door topprioriteit te geven aan de productie van nieuwe kaarten en atlassen. Voor voorheen gekoloniseerde volkeren begint of eindigt het meestal moeilijke proces echter niet met onafhankelijkheid. Het in kaart brengen van hun eigen land gaat gepaard met een nieuwe reeks problemen: hoe hun territoria te definiëren en te beheren, hun nationale identiteit te ontwikkelen, hun rol in de gemeenschap van naties te vestigen, en meer. De auteurs onderzoeken deze gecompliceerde relatie tussen kartering en dekolonisatie in relatie met recente theoretische debatten over de aard van dekolonisatie zelf. Deze essays, oorspronkelijk opgesteld als de 'Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography' van 2010 in de Newberry Library, omvatten meer dan twee eeuwen en drie continenten - Latijns-Amerika, Afrika en Azië. De bijdragen, variërend van het einde van de achttiende eeuw tot het midden van de twintigste eeuw, bestuderen onderwerpen van het in kaart brengen en de nationale identiteit in het laat-koloniale Mexico tot de blijvende complicaties veroorzaakt door de opdeling van Brits-Indië en de geracialiseerde organisatie van de ruimte tijdens de apartheid en post-apartheid in Zuid-Afrika. In dit boek wordt systematisch en uitgebreid onderzoek gedaan naar de rol van cartografie in de lange en duidelijk onvoltooide parallelle processen van dekolonisatie en natievorming in de moderne wereld. - Op basis van flaptekst Almost universally, newly independent states seek to affirm their independence and identity by making the production of new maps and atlases a top priority. For formerly colonized peoples, however, this process neither begins nor ends with independence, and it is rarely straightforward. Mapping their own land is fraught with a fresh set of issues: how to define and administer their territories, develop their national identity, establish their role in the community of nations, and more. The contributors explore this complicated relationship between mapping and decolonization while engaging with recent theoretical debates about the nature of decolonization itself. These essays, originally delivered as the 2010 'Kenneth Nebenzahl Jr. Lectures in the History of Cartography' at the Newberry Library, encompass more than two centuries and three continents - Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Ranging from the late eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth, contributors study topics from mapping and national identity in late colonial Mexico to the enduring complications created by the partition of British India and the racialized organization of space in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. A vital contribution to studies of both colonization and cartography, this is the first book to systematically and comprehensively examine the engagement of mapping in the long and clearly unfinished parallel processes of decolonization and nation building in the modern world