The course introduces students to the theoretical foundations of Cartography. It explores cartographic and spatial representations through the lenses of visual perception, cognitive psychology, and semiotics. The syllabus includes topics such as map reading, visual cognition, mental categorization, knowledge representation, and the semantics, syntactics, and pragmatics of cartographic symbols. Students will learn the principles governing cartographic language and geospatial visualization, ensuring cartographic products meet user needs for more functional spatial representations. By the end of the course, students will deepen their understanding of cartographic language and geovisualization, combining insights from cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, semiotics, and philosophy. They will be able to clearly communicate the acquired knowledge to both specialized and general audiences and develop the skills to independently and interdisciplinarily address course tasks.
- Teacher: Ελένη Τομαή
ECTS : 0
Language : el, en