Abstract

LUKINBEAL, Christopher. Mobilizing the cartographic paradox: tracing the aspect of cartography and prospect of cinema. ETD [online]. 2010, vol.11, n.02, pp.01-32. ISSN 1676-2592.

Understanding the contrast and challenge of cinematic cartographies may lie in querying what John Pickles (2004, p.89) calls the “cartographic paradox.” The cartographic paradox is that linear perspective and projectionism inform cartographic practice. Yet, these two scopic regimes are both complementary and contradictory. The cartographic paradox has been mobilized by montage, animation and motion pictures. The penultimate technology of linear perspective is cinema, whereas the penultimate technology of projectionism is GIS and animated cartography. I argue that understanding the mobilization of these scopic regimes may lead to the production of affective geovisualizations.

Keywords : Cartographic Paradox; Linear Perspective; Cinema; Scopic Regime; Place-Mapping.

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