1st Edition
Mental Maps Geographical and Historical Perspectives
Introduction: "Mental maps: geographical and historical perspectives"
Norbert Götz and Janne Holmén
1. Dimensions of remapping: Heinrich Schiffers and his mental map of Africa
Ute Schneider
2. Palestine, Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: the muddled mental maps of French and Israeli students
Efrat Ben-Ze’ev and Chloé Yvroux
3. Mental maps of global regions: identifying and characterizing "hard" and "soft" regions
Clarisse Didelon-Loiseau, Sophie de Ruffray and Nicolas Lambert
4. Changing mental maps of the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean regions
Janne Holmén
5. The mental maps of Italian entrepreneurs: a quali-quantitative approach
Dario Musolino
6. Creative Mappings: Some reflections on mental maps
Lars-Erik Edlund
Biography
Janne Holmén is Associate Professor of History of Education at Uppsala University, Sweden, and researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University, Sweden. His research focuses on comparative studies in educational history, with an emphasis on the Nordic countries. He has published studies on mental maps and historical consciousness.
Norbert Götz is Professor at the Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University, Sweden. His research interests include spaces of civil society, humanitarianism, international relations, social transformations, populism, and moral economy.
