"Maps in books: images, texts and material objects"

CARLA LOIS

Durham

Workshop; Bounded Images; 2014

Duke University

Why is it important / interesting / challenging / relevant to discuss ?maps in books?? This presentation aims to answer this question in order to open a broader discussion. I will focus on three main aspects that justify the relevance and the originality of this project. First, I will frame our project within a general discussion of recent research on the relationship between image and word. Second, I will share some reflections on why the interpretation of maps requires them to be reinserted not only within their social and political context, but also within their material context as images that formed and form parts of larger wholes. Third, I will point out some interesting challenges suggested by this topic in order to encourage some collective reflections on it.