December 2009
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reading maps: different theoretical angles in maps
In Parker (2004), Urban theory and the urban experience, he discusses several theoretical angles in which to interpret a map. He uses the example of Henry Beck’s map design in 1933 for London Underground Subway.
As representational space
As symbolic space
As a narrative space
As cultural trace
As commodity fetishism
As an example of state intervention in the urban economy
As a...