Cartographica journal
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Using the work of Paulo Freire (2000) on critical consciousness as a foundation, we have taken this concept a step further to describe a critical cartographic literacy which recognizes that as J. Western cartography is a complex knowledge system with a long history, much of its last 500 years being involved in furthering the colonial exploits of European crowns. The scientific journal Cartographica is included in the Scopus database. We use the term literacy not to imply an ability to read and write, rather we are engaging the part of the word’s etymology which recognizes having competence in a system of knowledge. We have established our goal to assist and encourage the development of a critical literacy in cartography within Indigenous communities. Indigenous, mapping initiatives, communities, Western cartography, GIS, critical literacy, system of knowledge, colonial exploits, Paulo Freire, cartographic literacy, critical cartography AbstractĪs Indigenous academics researching and participating with various mapping initiatives, we have began to perceive that while many Indigenous communities have a long history of using Western cartographic techniques, including GIS, in their efforts to establish land claims, map culturally important sites and protect community resources, they were not critically aware of the science with which they are engaged. Department of Anthropology and Geography University of Nebraska at Lincolnĭepartment of Geography, Univeristy of Hawai’I at Mānoaĭepartment of Geography, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa