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Ethnic Mapping in Central and Eastern Europe

    Patrik Tátrai

Ethnocultural Diversity in the Balkans and the Caucasus, pp. 37-55, 2023/02/09

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Abstract

Hundreds of ethnic maps created in the last two centuries prove the importance of ethnic cartography in the eastern part of Europe. The present study aims to synthesize the complex status of ethnic mapping with the brief history of the discipline in CEE by introducing the various technical and theoretical issues that challenge ethnic mapping in our days. The paper applies a critical approach in order to deconstruct ethnic maps. It focuses on various map elements and visual factors (e.g. scale, methods, represented area and groups, colors, toponymy), which influence the way the maps are read. This contribution argues that these maps are embedded in the social conditions of the age and place of their preparation, and maps are an instrument in power strategies.

Keywords: Ethnic Cartography, Critical Cartography, History of Discipline, Political Geography, Central and Eastern Europe