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Special issue: Indigenous cartographies

Special issue: Indigenous cartographies cultural geographies 2009 16: 147–152 Special issue: Indigenous cartographies Bjørn Sletto School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin, USA Introduction articipatory mapping in indigenous landscapes, whether to support indigenous claims for Pterritorial rights or to facilitate more ‘participatory’ management of state-controlled lands, are inherently interventionist, political projects that shape relations of power in unpredictable and sometimes paradoxical ways. Besides the obvious social ramifications of map-making with and/or for indigenous people – such as the cultural consequences of technology transfer, the likelihood of changing or reinscribing uneven social relations in communities being ‘mapped,’ and the vexing question of ownership, access to and legibility of maps – indigenous cartographies articulate in different ways with the multiple, shifting relations of power that traverse indigenous landscapes. The mapping process is thus of utmost importance for indigenous leaders, theorists, develop- ment practitioners and others who share a commitment to indigenous rights, but who also assume a critical perspective on the possibilities and pitfalls of map-making in and for indigenous communities. The power of maps derive in part from their rhetorical weight, most specifically from their ability to abstract complex and fluctuating and socially contingent spatial relationships and make these representations seem inevitable, common-sensical, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cultural Geographies SAGE

Special issue: Indigenous cartographies

Sletto, Bjørn
Cultural Geographies , Volume 16 (2): 6 – Apr 1, 2009
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cultural geographies 2009 16: 147–152 Special issue: Indigenous cartographies Bjørn Sletto School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin, USA Introduction articipatory mapping in indigenous landscapes, whether to support indigenous claims for Pterritorial rights or to facilitate more ‘participatory’ management of state-controlled lands, are inherently interventionist, political projects that shape relations of power in unpredictable and sometimes paradoxical ways. Besides the obvious social ramifications of map-making with and/or for indigenous people – such as the cultural consequences of technology transfer, the likelihood of changing or reinscribing uneven social relations in communities being ‘mapped,’ and the vexing question of ownership, access to and legibility of maps – indigenous cartographies articulate in different ways with the multiple, shifting relations of power that traverse indigenous landscapes. The mapping process is thus of utmost importance for indigenous leaders, theorists, develop- ment practitioners and others who share a commitment to indigenous rights, but who also assume a critical perspective on the possibilities and pitfalls of map-making in and for indigenous communities. The power of maps derive in part from their rhetorical weight, most specifically from their ability to abstract complex and fluctuating and socially contingent spatial relationships and make these representations seem inevitable, common-sensical, and

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