A More Civilized Wild: Power and Purpose in White Mountains Cartography | Mountain Voices

Presented by Dr. Adam Keul
March 10, 2022, 7-8pm

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Mapping establishes the “known” in otherwise unknown spaces, but this process is far from objective or inert. Cartographers produce mental spaces- imagined geographies- which act to classify the world and set the pretext for its subjugation. Early maps of the White Mountains paradoxically graphed the range as both untamable and ripe for exploitation. This presentation addresses a question which persists today: How could a place be both wild and civilized?

Dr. Adam Keul is a Tourism Geographer and Associate Professor at Plymouth State University. His work uses geographic social theory to understand the production of tourism spaces around the world including in his own White Mountain habitat.

Free and open to the public. Presented as part of the Museum’s ongoing virtual Mountain Voices series.