Wissenschaftliche Kritik verschont sich zunehmend selbst. Sie produziert gerne vorschnelle Generalisierungen und wohlfeile Bewertungen. Reflexionsverweigerung fördert dabei Konformismus und Halbbildung. Diese Schonstellungen ersparen der Kritik die mühselige Arbeit der Selbstkritik – Zwischentöne, Ambivalenzen und Widersprüche werden ausgeblendet. Benedikt Korf analysiert differenziert die sich daraus entwickelnden Schwierigkeiten. Am Beispiel der kritischen Geographie verdeutlicht er die oftmals… Read More Benedikt Korf (2022): Schwierigkeiten mit der kritischen Geographie. Studien zu einer reflexiven Theorie der Gesellschaft. transcript: Bielefeld.

This book explores the multiple histories of critical geography as it developed in 14 different locations around the globe, whilst bringing together a range of approaches in critical geography. It is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive account of a wide variety of historical geographies of critical geography from around the world. Accordingly, the… Read More Lawrence D. Berg, Ulrich Best, Mary Gilmartin, Henrik Gutzon Larsen (eds.) (2022): Placing Critical Geography. Historical Geographies of Critical Geography. Routledge: London.

The concept of mental maps is used in several disciplines including geography, psychology, history, linguistics, economics, anthropology, political science, and computer game design. However, until now, there has been little communication between these disciplines and methodological schools involved in mental mapping. Mental Maps: Geographical and Historical Perspectives addresses this situation by bringing together scholars from… Read More Janne Holmén and Norbert Götz (2022): Mental maps: geographical and historical perspectives. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group: London.

Gesammelte Beiträge zum 18. Kartographiehistorischen Colloquium in Wien, vom 15.–17. September 2016. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Wagner, Stefan E.A.: Repräsentation durch Information: Septimius Severus und die Forma Urbis Romae. 11–31 Neumann, Joachim: Die Blattschnitte des 15. Jahrhunderts mit konvergierenden geraden Meridianen und parallelen geraden Breitenkreisen (Gestalt gleichschenkliger Trapeze). 33–45 Happach-Kasan, Christel: Das Kartenbild Norddeutschlands im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, die Region… Read More Markus Heinz und Petra Svatek (Hg.) (2022): 18. Kartographiehistorisches Colloquium Wien, 15.–17. September 2016: Vorträge, Berichte, Posterbeiträge. Komregis-Verlag: Oldenburg.

This volume promotes the use of Historical GIS (H-GIS) for both education and research. It consists of a coherent set of chapters that allow readers to study the spatial histories of cities, infrastructure, landscapes, and more across Europe. Each chapter is accompanied by Electronic Supplementary Material (ESM) including GIS data, guides and complementary material in .pdf format,… Read More Jordi Martí-Henneberg (2023): Creative Ways to apply Historical GIS. Promoting Research and Teaching about Europe Creative Ways to apply Historical GIS: Promoting Research and Teaching about Europe. Springer: Cham.

From the early civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia to our present-day globalized society, readers will learn how humans interacted-and still interact-with the environment around them, as well as the environment’s role in not only shaping the society’s world view but enabling the building of socially stratified and successful civilizations. Not your run-of-the-mill world history tome, this… Read More Julie Crea Dunbar (2022): Exploring World History through Geography. From the Cradle of Civilization to a Globalized World. Bloomsbury: London and New York.

This open access book explores the intertwined histories of mapmaking and copyright law in Britain from the early modern period up to World War 1, focusing chiefly on the 18th and 19th centuries. Taking a multidisciplinary approach and making extensive use of the archival record, this is the first detailed, historical account of the relationship… Read More Isabella Alexander (2023): Copyright and Cartography. History, Law, and the Circulation of Geographical Knowledge. Bloomsbury: London and New York.

Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world’s only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes for customers around the world. The story began after his attempt to find a special globe for his father’s 80th birthday. Failing to find anything… Read More Peter Bellerby (2023): The Globemakers. The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft. Bloomsbury: London and New York.