Kyoto Regional Conference
August 4-9, 2013
Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earth’s Future
Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union
The Conference will be focused on one of the central problems of contemporary geography: the combination of traditional and modern knowledge in reaching the objectives of sustainable development at the local and global scale.
26th International Cartographic Conference
August 25-30, Dresden, Germany
The 26th International Cartographic Conference will be held in Dresden in August 2013. This conference returns to Germany again, with ICA conferences being held previously in Germany in Frankfurt in 1962 and Cologne in 1993. The International Cartographic Conferences take place every two years. 2013 sees the conference in the “Florence of the North”.
It will bring together cartographers and GI Science specialists from across the globe to Dresden for the International Cartographic Conference – ICC 2013. The conference will provide a forum for the presentation of scientific papers illustrating the efforts of the research community, professional papers describing the cutting-edge methods employed by mapping organisations, meetings of the ICA Commissions and Working Groups, furthering their international collaborative efforts to advance knowledge and techniques in cartography, map exhibitions and the chance to meet again with colleagues and friends.
Workshop on Historical Maps, Atlases and Toponymy
Leipzig, August 22–23, 2013
Cartographical Pre-conference workshop
EUGEO 2013 – Rome 5-7 September 2013
Panel on Toponymy
List of papers:
COSIMO PALAGIANO: The place names of migrants
Abstract: During the great migration from Italy to other countries in 80’s of 19th century, some groups of migrants called the new cities with the names of their cities of origin. In this paper the reasons of their choice are discussed. Can we define these new names as exonyms ?
PETER JORDAN: Up to where is a place name an endonym? A view on name/feature relations
Abstract: For the endonym/exonym divide it is essential, whether or inhowfar a community refers to a feature as part of its place. Endonyms are names used by a community for features regarded to be “their own”. This divide is particularly delicate with transboundary features in the sense of geographical features extending across community boundaries or into areas beyond any sovereignty. Where is, e.g., the line drawn between “one’s own” and “the other” on seas? Do people living on one side or in a part of a higher and larger mountain range feel emotionally attached to the whole feature? This is just to mention a selection out of many cases. And which are exactly the consequences for the endonym/exonym divide in all these cases? Up to where has a place name the status of an endonym? From which line on switches the same name to exonym status? The paper will try to find answers to these questions.
LAURA CASSI: Old and new geographies to study the place names
Abstract: One century ago, geography was studying the place names especially to find its own terminology. Today, in the belief that the self-recognition processes do play a not secondary role in local development processes, the geographical approach in the toponymic study is especially useful for awakening the sense of belonging to places.
FRANCESCO ZAN: Place names in the midst of crowdsourcing, collaborative mapping and advertising on virtual globes
Abstract: Crowdsourcing, collaborative mapping and advertising on virtual globes are all dependent on high level of interactivity of on-line users. What future for place names appearing and disappearing so fast in digital maps? What relationship links place names and advertising on digital maps? What is the impact of interactivity on our virtual spatial perception?
VINCENZO AVERSANO-SILVIA SINISCALCHI: The place names of the maps of Aragona and their function of “excellence” in the Kingdom of Naples: a comparison with the European maps through some “samples”
Abstract: The place names of the “topographic maps” of Aragona of the Kingdom of Naples had an important function in the territory’s planning. Through comparison among these place names with “toponymic champions” of the European cartography, Europe comes out defeat.