Space, Culture and Society (SCaS)
Maps and Society
Publications
Books
The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation (2011), edited by Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin and Chris Perkins (Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, England). Published in April 2011, this is a large volume running to nearly 500 pages and 60 chapters. Pageproof of the table of contents (PDF, 55KB) lists our choice of excerpts and some more detail on the publisher website.
Classics in Cartography: Reflections on Influential Articles from Cartographica (2010), edited by Martin Dodge (Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, England). More details on the publisher website.
Rethinking Maps: New Frontiers in Cartographic Theory (2009), edited by Martin Dodge, Rob Kitchin and Chris Perkins C (Routledge: London).
(The page proof versions of our introductory (PDF, 360KB) and concluding (PDF, 550KB) chapters are online). A paperback version is also coming out soon, some details here from the publisher.
Geographic Visualization: Concepts, Tools and Applications (2008), edited by Martin Dodge, Mary McDerby and Martin Turner (Wiley: Chicester, England).
The Map Library in the New Millennium (2001), edited by Robert B. Parry and Chris Perkins (Library Association Publishing: London).
Atlas of Cyberspace (2001), by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin (Addison-Wesley: London). The full content of the book can now be downloaded free as a pdf.
World Mapping Today, second edition (2000), by Robert B. Parry and Chris Perkins (Bowker Saur: London).
Mapping Cyberspace (2000), by Martin Dodge and Rob Kitchin (Routledge: London).
Journals
We regularly publish research in a range of journals and magazines. Here is a selection of our recent work.
New
Perkins C, Dodge M, (2010) Mapping the imagined futurity: The roles of visual representation in the 1945 City of Manchester Plan (PDF, 2600KB). A revised version is forthcoming in the theme issue on Manchester in the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library.
Dodge M, Perkins C, (2010) Mapping Manchester and its hidden hydraulic engineering (PDF, 3200KB). Civil Engineering Surveyor, March, page 21-25.
Perkins C, Dodge M, (2009) How do we map the geographies of cartography? (PDF, 50KB) Proceedings of the 24th International Cartographic Association Conference, Santiago, Chile 15th-21st November, Section 27, No. 3, pages 1-11.
Recent refereed papers
Dodge M, Perkins C, (2009) The ‘view from nowhere’? Spatial politics and cultural significance of high-resolution satellite imagery. Geoforum 40(4): 497-501. (local PDF copy).
Perkins C, Dodge M, (2009) Satellite imagery and the spectacle of secret spaces. Geoforum 40(4): 546-560. (local PDF copy).
Dodge M, Perkins C, (2008) Reclaiming the map: British geography and ambivalent cartographic practice. Environment and Planning A 40(6) 1271-76. (local PDF copy, 85KB).
Perkins C, (2008) Cultures of map use. The Cartographic Journal 45(2): 150-158. (local PDF copy)
Kitchin R, Dodge M, (2007) Rethinking maps. Progress in Human Geography 31(3): 331-344. (local PDF copy)
Perkins C, (2007) Community mapping The Cartographic Journal 44(2):127–137. (local PDF copy).
Perkins C, (2006) Mapping golf: a contextual study. The Cartographic Journal 43(3): 208-223. (local PDF copy)
Perkins C, (2004) Cultures of mapping, power in practice. Progress in Human Geography 28(3): 381-391. (local PDF copy)
Perkins C, (2003) Mapping theory. Progress in Human Geography 27(3): 341-351. (local PDF copy)
Perkins C, (2002) Progress in tactile mapping. Progress in Human Geography 26(4): 521-530. (local PDF copy)
Dodge M, Kitchin R, (2000) Exposing the ‘second text’ in maps of the network society. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication 5(4).
Perkins C, Gardiner EAH, (2003) Real world map reading strategies. The Cartographic Journal 40(3): 265-268. (local PDF copy)
Professional articles
Dodge M, Zook M, (2009) Mapping Cyberspace, in R Kitchin and N Thrift (eds.), International Encylopedia of Human Geography (Elsevier: Oxford). (local page proof, PDF 355KB).
Perkins C, (2009) Performative and embodied mapping (PDF, 540KB), in R Kitchin and N Thrift (eds.),
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (Elsevier: Oxford).
Perkins C, (2009) Philosophy and mapping (PDF, 325KB), in R Kitchin and N Thrift (eds.),
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (Elsevier: Oxford).
Zook M, Dodge M, (2009) Mapping cyberspace (PDF), in R Kitchin and N Thrift (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (Elsevier: Oxford).
Perkins C, (2008) Wood(s) and trees – (re)posting nature, Cartographica 43(3): 203-06. (local PDF copy, 59KB)
Perkins C, Dodge M, (2008) The potential of user-generated cartography: A case study of the OpenStreetMap project and Mapchester mapping party (PDF, 1.15MB). North West Geography 8(1): 19-32.
Perkins C, Thomson AZ, (2005) Mapping for health: cycling and walking maps of the city (PDF 2.8MB). North West Geography 5(1): 16-23.
Dodge M, (2004) Mapping secret places and sensitive sites: examining the Cryptome 'eyeballing' map series. Society of Cartographers Bulletin, 37(1): 5-11. (PDF page proof version of this article)
Dodge M, Kitchin R, (2002) New cartographies to chart cyberspace. GeoInformatics, 5(April/May): 38-41. (local PDF copy)
Dodge M, (1999) Building an atlas of cyberspace (PDF). Cartographic Perspectives, 34: 47-52.