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Visual and Linguistic Representations of Places of Origin

An Interdisciplinary Analysis

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Authors:
  1. Maria Pia Pozzato

    1. Department of Philosophy and Communication, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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  • Examines the subject of visual and linguisic representations from an unorthodox combination of angles and perspectives
  • Uses the drawing of maps as a method to examine memories and feelings in relation to places
  • Offers insights on the linguistic landscape from semiotics, cognitive psychology, and geography

Part of the book series: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology (PEPRPHPS, volume 16)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Maria Pia Pozzato
    Pages 1-15

  3. Maps, Place of Origin, Identity: Underlying Cultural Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Intermedial Editing in the Representations of Places of Origin

      • Enzo D’Armenio
      Pages 19-48

    3. The Representation of the Places of Origin: A Geographical Perspective

      • Emanuele Frixa
      Pages 49-77

    4. Navigating Maps of Memories

      • Federico Montanari
      Pages 79-93
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About this book

This book is about the representations - both visual and linguistic - which people give of their own places of origin. It examines the drawings of interviewees who were asked to draw their own place of origin on a white A3 sheet, using pencil or colour, according to their choice. If they were born in a place they did not remember because they moved in when they were very small, they could draw the place they did remember as the scenario of their early childhood. The drawings are examined from three different perspectives: semiotics, cognitive psychology and geography. The semiotic instruments are used to describe how each person reconstructs a complex image of his/her childhood place, and how they translate their own memories from one language to another, e.g. from drawing to verbal story, trying to approach what they want to express in the best possible way. The cognitive-psychological point of view helps clarify the emotional world of the interviewees and their motivations during theprocess of reconstruction and expression of their childhood experiences. The geographical conceptualizations concern a cultural level and provide insight into the cartographic models that inspire the maps people drew. One of the main findings was the influence from cultural codes as demonstrated in the fact that most of the US students interviewed drew their maps showing considerable cartographic expertise in comparison to their European counterparts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy and Communication, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Maria Pia Pozzato

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visual and Linguistic Representations of Places of Origin

  • Book Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

  • Authors: Maria Pia Pozzato

  • Series Title: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68858-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68857-2Published: 23 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88668-8Published: 06 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68858-9Published: 05 December 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2214-3807

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-3815

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 302

  • Number of Illustrations: 155 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language, Cognitive Psychology, Semiotics

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