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ABSTRACT
Dualistic spatial demarcations of a (peaceful) here and a (violent) there, near and far, global north and south are constant companions of social research. From the perspective of (political) science their task is to put in order the intricate social dynamics and entangled international spaces of peace and war. Casting complex and contested conflict realities into the frames of hegemonic patterns of interpretation (“north vs. south”, “strong state vs. failed state”) and visually shifting the causes of conflicts to the “spaces of violence” in the global south, cartographic representations are central to Eurocentric spatial fixations of conflict, peace and violence in political science and beyond. Against the reductionism of common spatial meta-narratives (state container, deterritorialization) our contribution argues for a reflexive use of Eurocentric spatial imaginations in general and maps in particular.
Notes
1. We would like to thank both the editors and two anonymous reviewers for their encouraging comments and their insightful critique. Also, we would like to note that our contribution is based on an earlier publication in a special issue of the German journal Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Namberger, Wischnath, and Chojnacki Citation2018). Our gratitude goes to the journal editors and, in particular, Cordula Dittmer.
2. Please note that, for reasons of restricted access, we refer to a shortened republication of Edney’s original article, which first appeared in Cartographica in 1993 (Edney Citation1993).
3. See, for example, the maps in, Camacho and Rodriguez (Citation2012, 112); Cohen and Nordås (Citation2014, 424); Collier and Duponchel (Citation2012, 67); Hegre et al. (Citation2013, 253, 255, 264); Kim (Citation2012, 308); Powell (Citation2012, 1020); Soest and Wahman (Citation2015, 19); Sundberg, Eck, and Kreutz (Citation2012, 356); Svolik (Citation2012, 779); Weidmann, Kuse, and Gleditsch (Citation2010, 98).
4. See, for example, Braithwaite (Citation2010, 94); Buhaug and Lujala (Citation2005, 405); Coggins (Citation2012, 608, 609, 611, 612); Fjelde and Hultman Citation2013, 1241); Fjelde and Uexkull (Citation2012, 448); Hastings (Citation2009, 216); Raleigh and Hegre (Citation2009, 29); Sundberg, Eck, and Kreutz (Citation2012, 359).