creators_namePalmer, Mark
creators_nameKorson, Cadey
typearticle
datestamp2021-06-10 12:39:15
lastmod2023-04-04 15:57:11
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titleDecolonizing World Heritage maps using indigenous toponyms, stories, and interpretive attributes
ispublishedpub
subjectsF42
subjectsH06
subjectsH17
subjectsIndigenous/Traditional_landscapes
subjectsM02
subjectsM07
subjectsM09
full_text_statuspublic
keywordsworld heritage
keywordsworld heritage sites
keywordscultural landscapes
keywordsintangible cultural heritage
keywordscommunities
keywordsindigenous peoples
keywordsindigenous knowledge systems
keywordsmanagement plans
keywordsmaps
keywordsindigital
keywordsaustralia
keywordscanada
keywordsnew zealand
keywordsusa
abstractMaps and GIS used for the nomination and subsequent management of UNESCO World Heritage sites have primarily served bureaucratic resource management purposes. However, bureaucratic maps offer an opportunity to represent associative cultural landscapes, intangible cultural elements, and the geographies of Indigenous peoples. Indigenous toponyms can be found on many World Heritage maps for sites located within settler societies such as New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Canada. Currently, bureaucratic heritage maps do not emphasize or even have a method for presenting the meaning and significance of Indigenous toponyms. Instead, the names are represented as static, inanimate objects void of meaning. This article presents archival evidence that bureaucratic state maps found within some UNESCO World Heritage nomination dossiers and resource management plans contain Indigenous cartographic elements that Indigenous communities could use as the basis for creating Indigital story maps.
date2020
publicationCartographica
volume55
number3
publisherUniversity of Toronto Press
pagerange183-192
refereedTRUE
citation Palmer, Mark et Korson, Cadey (2020) Decolonizing World Heritage maps using indigenous toponyms, stories, and interpretive attributes. Cartographica, 55 (3). p. 183-192. [Article]
document_urlhttps://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2491/1/Palmer%20and%20Korson%202020.pdf