“What” is Shanghai? Urban icons and visualization

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14 mars 2021

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Christian Henriot, « “What” is Shanghai? Urban icons and visualization », Blog Virtual Shanghai, ID : 10670/1.twib9t


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Shanghai city maps, as for many cities, come as folding maps with an illustrated cover. This illustration is a visual representation of the city in a snapshot. It can be a building like the Eiffel Tower for Paris, a particular location like a riverfront (e.g. the Bund in Shanghai), a photograph or a drawing, etc.32 In the case of Shanghai after 1949, the official control over what is to be shown on maps makes it relevant to examine which elements were selected to represent the city visually. ...

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