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| Mapping from a Different Direction: Mandala as Sacred Spatial Visualization | ||
| 作者 | Walcott, S. M. |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Cultural Geography |
| 卷期 | v.23 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2006 |
| 頁次 | 71 |
| 出版者 | Bowling Green State University in cooperation with the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association |
| 出版地 | Bowling Green, OH, US [鮑靈格林, 俄亥俄州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | cartography; Mandala; religion; geography; rites; ceremonies; sacred space; |
| 摘要 | Spatial visualization serves as a key cartographic device for relaying representative information about that part of space portrayed, creating an ordered presentation of patterns that instruct the observer. This research explores the function of a mandala as a cognitive graphic of sacred space. The purpose of the comparison is to expand notions underlying assumptions of cartographic portrayal, space, and contestation affecting both cartography and religious geography. Opposing schools of thought in cartography dispute the role of maps as based on observable phenomena or maps as mental terrain. Exploration of the mandala as an instrument in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies, as representative of sacred maps, illustrates its function in an expanded category of emancipatory and culturally contested space, broadening the power of cartographic depiction and contextualizing its creation. |
| ISSN | 08873631 |
| 點閱次數 | 313 |
| 建檔日期 | 2006.09.12 |
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