Cartographic representation and the construction of lived worlds: Understanding cartographic practice as embodied knowledge

Traditionally, the field of cartography has been rooted in an objective, standardized set of practices that purport to convey accurate and correct models for ways of knowing. Even prior to the advent of the spatial sciences, it has been the goal of cartographic practice to:

produce a “correct” relational model of the terrain. . . . Similarly, the primary effect of the scientific rules was to create a “standard” – a successful version of “normal science” – that enabled cartographers to build a wall around the citadel of the “true” map.