Art of War, Art of Resistance: Palestinian Counter-Cartography on Google Earth

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 444-459

  Quiquivix, Linda ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

counter cartography; geoweb; Google; Palestine; qualitative GIS; social movements

Indexed keywords

COLD WAR; GIS; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOVEREIGNTY; VIOLENCE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; PALESTINE;

EID: 84899757482     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2014.892328     Document Type: Article

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