schizocartography

English

Etymology

Coined by Tina Richardson, following Félix Guattari, as a contraction of schizoanalytic cartography.

Noun

schizocartography (countable and uncountable, plural schizocartographies)

1. The use of alternate cartographies to challenge hegemonic narratives.
   • 2015, Tina Richardson, “Developing Schizocartography: Formulating a Theoretical Methodology for a Walking Practice”, in Tina Richardson, editor, Walking Inside Out: Contemporary British Psychogeography, page 192:

     The schizocartographies highlighted here operate against the grain, counter to the well-trodden urban path, while at the same time recognizing the dominant structure for what it is, what it does and what it represents.

   • 2017, Stephanie Springgay, Sarah E. Truman, Walking Methodologies in a More-than-human World:

     Schizocartography aims to create visual maps of place by revealing not only what is visually present or seen in a space, but the social history, alternative representations, and hidden or absent impressions.

   • 2019, Jamie Mcphie, Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Anthropocene:

     In this way, schizocartography offers a more multidirectional approach to topological mapping that includes a subject whilst at the same time still allowing for an a-centring of the self.