Presentation
Cartography as Entangled History: Geographic Depiction and the Search for a Shared Past
Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
(2018)
Abstract
This paper explores representations of the emerging Polish-Lithuanian nation, as its otherwise heterogeneous Polish, Ruthenian, Lithuanian and Prussian nobilities found themselves in the midst of searching for a convincing story of their shared origins and place in the world.
This paper examines how these stories were narrated and disseminated by images and objects of material culture such as maps. But while these artefacts acted as native Polish-Lithuanian cultural forms and signifiers of nationhood, they were often appropriated from abroad. I examine the main ancient early modern maps of the Commonwealth and how the construction of the maps embodies the search for territorial self definition.
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 9, 2018
Location
Boston, MA
Citation Information
Tomasz Grusiecki. "Cartography as Entangled History: Geographic Depiction and the Search for a Shared Past" Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tomasz-grusiecki/14/