La Biografía Visual De Colombia: El Atlas De 1889, Leído Como Símbolo Nacional
Maps can be considered texts which we can read and analyse in the same manner we read and analyse, for example, fictional texts. Both representations share a semantic structure, since their meanings are intentionally constructed. But maps are not innocent. Like the myth described by Roland Barthes,...
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Maps can be considered texts which we can read and analyse in the same manner we read and analyse, for example, fictional texts. Both representations share a semantic structure, since their meanings are intentionally constructed. But maps are not innocent. Like the myth described by Roland Barthes, maps pretend objectivity and claim to be reality's true copy and its substitute. Nevertheless, maps are not only reality's inventory, but also its invention. As such, maps can become symbols, and instruments of power, representing a specific idea with in a system of thought. |
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