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AEGIS European Conference on African Studies
11 - 14 July 2007
African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Visualising space and colonial settlement: The socalled 'farm map' as an icon of settler historiography
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46. Shaping collections, producing alternative histories: The example of Namibia as a contested research entity
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| Paper ID | 634 |
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Miescher, Giorgio
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No paper submitted
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| Abstract | The history of cartography in and on Namibia is very much dominated by the needs of the different colonial powers (Germany and South Africa) until the country gained independence in 1990. The most prominent Namibian map is the so-called "farm areas map" or "Farmkarte" showing the boundaries and names of all the surveyed farms in the commercial farmland, i.e. the part of the country claimed by the settler society for their own use. The first "farm areas map" was produced in the early 20th century followed by many new and updated versions until today. Among the settler society this map played a pivotal and powerful role in visualising the country and in ordering the space. The example of the "farm areas map" and how it was used opens up the debate historians can make use and adapt the experiences of visual history for their work with maps.
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