MAKING AN ACCESSIBLE CITY: A Critique of Cartographic Reason through Emphasis on Corpography
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F25%3A00144308" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/25:00144308 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13344" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13344</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13344" target="_blank" >10.1111/1468-2427.13344</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
MAKING AN ACCESSIBLE CITY: A Critique of Cartographic Reason through Emphasis on Corpography
Original language description
Inspired by Gunnar Olsson, this article critiques the use of cartographic reason in the process of creating an accessible city for people with disabilities. It also borrows Gregory's ontological conceptual pair of cartography and corpography, showing the ontological transformations that occur within this pair during the practical removal of barriers to mobility in Brno, Czech Republic. The methodology employed involves semi-structured interviews with members of the city's Advisory Board for Accessibility. Our primary aim is to demonstrate how the imperative to eliminate specific barriers in the urban environment responds to the dominance of cartographic reason in planning and political decision-making. Findings indicate that this dominance often obscures the fact that what may appear as safely accessible in cartographic representations can manifest as inaccessible and hazardous corpography. However, the cartographic visualizations serve as the initial driving force behind bringing about potential improvements in corpographic accessibility. Urban space is mapped into myriad legal and political areas, which complicates accessibility. The cartography of accessibility is becoming utopian, and, through a critique of utopia, we show how a corpographic emphasis on multisensory experience can make the city more effectively accessible. We introduce the concept of a ferryman, one who facilitates navigation through urban space.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-05096S" target="_blank" >GA23-05096S: Geographies of Crip Temporalities: Time in Everydayness of People with Disabilities</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
ISSN
0309-1317
e-ISSN
1468-2427
Volume of the periodical
49
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
1109-1128
UT code for WoS article
001469659600001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105005193591