Words in Place: Mapping Australian Literature

Abstract

This article considers literary mapping as an instance of the contemporary construction of space through digital networked technology. Digital cartography – mapping with the means of digital technology, internet and GPS technologies – represents space as a virtual layering of information. The digital cartography project Words in Space is discussed as a case study of digital literary mapping. Analysis of the data contained in this literary map reveals significant aspects of literary commemoration in Australia.

Keywords

• literary mapping
• digital cartography
• virtual layering
• Australian literature
• commemoration