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Theoretical Frameworks for the Study of Journalistic Maps: South American Borders in the Brazilian Press

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This paper discusses how the theoretical frameworks proposed by Blakemore and Harley (1980) for the history of cartography can be applied to study of journalistic maps representing South American borders in the Brazilian press. Among the different concepts used by geographers and cartographers to study the influence of cultural meanings on maps, two theoretical frameworks are particularly emphasized: iconography and semiotics. In the light of these contributions, this paper discusses approaches to explore Brazilian journalistic maps concerning South American borders during the 1970s and 1990s. The role of media maps in the construction of geopolitical imaginations in the continent is still being developed. In this “un-chartered territory”, the discussion of Brazilian journalistic maps suggests a persistent representation of borders as threatening and dangerous places.

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    The examples discussed in this paper derive from a previous PhD research on the Brazilian press in which I selected more than 250 journalistic maps depicting South America borders from 1964 to 2008. The selected newspapers (Folha de São Paulo, O Globo, Jornal do Brasil, Estado de São Paulo) and magazines (Veja e Istoé) represent the mainstream press in the country during the studied period (Silva 1989).

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Novaes, A.R. (2012). Theoretical Frameworks for the Study of Journalistic Maps: South American Borders in the Brazilian Press. In: Liebenberg, E., Demhardt, I. (eds) History of Cartography. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19088-9_13

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