À propos d’une géométrie vernaculaire : pratiques d’orientation en pays touareg
What practical knowledge do the Tuareg, who have neither maps nor compasses, develop to orient and mentally situate themselves in space? This know-how is no different from what we use everyday. Our day-by-day spatial orientation has little to do with the learned description that we can make of it. T...
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| Language: | deu |
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Institut des Mondes Africains
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Afriques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/723 |
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| Summary: | What practical knowledge do the Tuareg, who have neither maps nor compasses, develop to orient and mentally situate themselves in space? This know-how is no different from what we use everyday. Our day-by-day spatial orientation has little to do with the learned description that we can make of it. This article is drawn from practices observed in northern Niger and from a study of 19th and early 20th century documents. |
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| ISSN: | 2108-6796 |