SESSION ORGANISATION at RGS-IBG Conference: Reimagining Conflict and War Cartography through Multiperspective Approaches

This panel seeks to problematize conventional notions of “conflict” and “war” cartography, advocating for a multiperspective approach to the representation of conflicts. It aims to explore how maps engage with multiple perspectives through personal narratives within conflict zones and wartime contexts, as well as by challenging the rationale behind war, as conveyed through maps and spatial representations.

This panel endeavors to foreground multiperspective mapping, facilitating discussions that prompt reflections on the diverse stakeholders, institutions, and individuals involved in crafting maps of conflicts. We aim to explore the concepts of neutrality and positionality inherent in the production of these maps, thereby fostering nuanced understandings of the complex socio-political dynamics underlying their creation.