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Naive geography and geopolitical semiotics: The semiotic analysis of geomental maps of Russians

  • Natalya Zelyanskaya EMAIL logo , Konstantin Belousov and Dilara Ichkineeva
Published/Copyright: January 6, 2017
Semiotica
From the journal Semiotica Volume 2017 Issue 215

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of naive geopolitical pictures of the world. The material of the study is “naïve” maps of participants from several regions of Russia. A semiotic approach was used on the description of the materially-produced results based on the analysis of two codes: graphic (location, toponomas, size, etc.) and verbal (verbalized representations). The study provides new knowledge about the importance of the regional factor, the ratio of the natural and social, the correlation of one’s own and somebody else’s world, etc., in ordinary consciousness.

Keywords: geopolitics; ordinary consciousness; geographic mental map; geopolitical world view; cognitive geomapping

Funding statement: The reported study was partially supported by RFBR, research project No 14–06–00301.

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Oleg Sychev and Lyudmila Gruzberg for conducting experiment in Biysk and Perm.

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Published Online: 2017-1-6
Published in Print: 2017-3-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/sem-2016-0231
Keywords for this article
geopolitics; ordinary consciousness; geographic mental map; geopolitical world view; cognitive geomapping

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  3. Passing-by “Ça va?” checks in clinic corridors
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  5. Gendering the nation: A case study on the postage stamps of Cyprus
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