UTRECHT SYMPOSIUM 2006
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, UTRECHT UNIVERSITY (THE NETHERLANDS), 21-23 AUGUST 2006
"Old Worlds - New Worlds:
History of Colonial Cartography from 1750 to 1950"
The international symposium of the (now disbanded) ICA Working Group on the History of Colonial Cartography in the 19th and early 20th centuries took place at Utrecht University in the Netherlands on 21-23 August 2006. The symposium was open to all cartographers, geographers, historians, map collectors, academics and lay persons interested in the history of overseas cartography from the mid-18th to the mid-20th centuries and was attended by approximately 30 delegates. The Programme comprised of the following:
An interesting and constructive discussion instigated by Dr Andrew Cook of the British Library took place as regards the function and future credibility of the WG. It was decided that future international meetings will also have a workshop component where aspects such as the sources and methods used in reasearching colonial cartography could be discussed.
Proceedings
The following papers were presented by Members of the WG during the International Symposium of the WG held at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, from 21-23 August 2006. The papers were also published on a CD (ISBN 0-620-36764-4).
Click on the author's name to read the paper (PDF files). Christopher Board Lowie Brink Paul van den Brink Peter Collier Imre Josef Demhardt Dov Gavish Peter van der Krogt Elri Liebenberg Rose Mitchell Jana Moser Ferjan Ormeling Mirela Slukan Altic J R Smith H J Steward |
Photographs
Photos taken during the Symposium by Peter van der Krogt can be seen on and downloaded from http://www.krogtweb.nl/fotos/ICAUtrecht/index.html