Maps, Mapmaking, and Critical Pedagogy: Exploring GIS and Maps as a Teaching Tool for Social Change

Date: 2009-11-01
Author: Denise Pacheco and Veronica Nelly Fernandez
Source: https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj/vol8/iss1/11
Domain: Persuading with Data
Subdomain: Mapping Data
Type of Resource: Reading

This article approaches Geographic Information Systems and cartography from the perspective of critical pedagogy, and explores how maps can used as instruments of social change and tools of data-based advocacy.

Keywords: Critical pedagogy Geographic Information Systems Critical geography

MLA Citation: Pacheco, Denise, and Veronica Nelly Fernandez. 'Maps, Mapmaking, and Critical Pedagogy: Exploring GIS and Maps as a Teaching Tool for Social Change.' Seattle Journal for Social Justice, vol. 8, 2009, pp. 273-302. https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj/vol8/iss1/11.