The Swiss contributions to the international development of cartography: The Eduard Imhof Era

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dc.contributor.authorForĂȘt, Philippe
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-25T09:48:45Z
dc.date.available2016-11-25T09:48:45Z
dc.date.issued2009-07-12
dc.description.abstractMy paper is about a project that will examine Switzerland's participation, during five decades, in the institutional and intellectual emancipation of the map-based sciences. I intend to provide a thematic and dispassionate account of the achievements of Swiss cartography and cartographers, and document the crucial initiatives a Swiss academic took to develop cartography worldwide. In the course of my analysis of Professor Eduard Imhof's interactions with his foreign colleagues, I will add cultural as well as technical perspectives to the interpretation of contemporary progress in the mapping sciences. For the Swiss school of cartography, the Imhof era (1920-1970) was more formative than the bet-ter-studied Dufour and Siegfried Maps period (1845-1926). Despite the contentious political environment of his time, E. Imhof (1895-1986) used his personal charisma to systematically encourage cooperation worldwide. Through the seminars he led and the International Cartographic Association he created and chaired, E. Imhof federated the cartographers from across the world. I will explain how by 1970, on the eve of the digital revolution, he had forged a common professional identity and improved modes and venues to communicate across the discipline. Eduard Imhof will thus allow us to touch on two important themes in science and society: the geography of knowledge and the adoption of new theories, standards and methods by the international scientific community.ru_RU
dc.identifier.citationForĂȘt Philippe, 2009, The Swiss contributions to the international development of cartography: The Eduard Imhof Era. http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/1939ru_RU
dc.identifier.urihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/1939
dc.language.isoenru_RU
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectEduard Imhofru_RU
dc.subjectSwiss cartographyru_RU
dc.subjectinternational cartographic associationru_RU
dc.subjectgeography of knowledgeru_RU
dc.subjecthistory of cartographyru_RU
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Religion/Theology::History of religionru_RU
dc.titleThe Swiss contributions to the international development of cartography: The Eduard Imhof Eraru_RU
dc.typeWorking Paperru_RU

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