The Implications of Imagined Geographies
Imagined geographies show the problems created by the use of popular discourse to construct views of other regions or societies. All landscapes are seen as being imagined – there is no 'real' geography to which the imagined ones can be compared. Thus when being analyzed, these geographies should not be 'measured' for their 'accuracy', but de-constructed so that the power invested in them can be revealed.
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