Maps and digital technologies: new literacies on the agenda of geography teaching

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2018v36n4p1186

Abstract

Taking as a reference the discussion about new literacies and digital technologies, this article addresses the new possibilities and needs that mapping practices developed under contemporary technological conditions raise for the teaching of geography. As will be noted, digital technologies have allowed the emergence of forms of production and use of maps that differ significantly from other pre-existing ones. Marked by the modes of communication and interaction of a new culture, this new cartography carries with it the possibility of literacy practices quite different from others with great tradition in school geography and cartography. Thus, the ruptures and knowledge that new cartographic literacies make possible and require in geography teaching are the main questions that guide this text.

Author Biography

Tânia Seneme do Canto, Departamento de Geografia, no Instituto de Geociências, da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP

Doutora em Geografia pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - Rio Claro, UNESP

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2018-12-19

How to Cite

Canto, T. S. do. (2018). Maps and digital technologies: new literacies on the agenda of geography teaching. Perspectiva, 36(4), 1186–1197. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2018v36n4p1186

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 4 (2018): Dossiê Educação geográfica e suas nuances nos processos de ensinar e aprender

Section

Dossiê Educação Geográfica e suas Nuances nos Processos de Ensinar e Aprender

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