Mapping as debating: an analysis of webmapping application uses for

issues on the web

Jean-Christophe Plantin Université de Technologie de Compiègne,

Laboratoire Costech/Equipe Epin

Map as outdoor science?

Maps + Web 2.0

Participatory culture

New forms of Reflexivity?

Website as architexte (Genette, 1982)

vs. uses

Techno + semio + pragmatist approach

(Meunier, Peraya, 2004)

Curves of visibility

Curves of enunciation

Lines of force Lines of subjectivation

(Deleuze, 1992) (Monnoyer-Smith, 2009) (Julliard, Bonnaccorsi, 2010)

Webmap as

dispositif !

Lines of flight?

The 2010 Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Visibility

Enunciation

Reporting a message

Local  tes*mony  

Crea*ng  debates:  copy-­‐paste  of  ar*cles,  hyperlink  or  interview    

Solidarity  message  +  loca*on  

Paratextual  informa*on  

Lines of force + subjectivation

Thank you for your attention

Jean-christophe.plantin@utc.fr