Abstract

The Nebenzahl Lectures, held triennially at the Newberry Library, Chicago, since 1966, have been crucially important in the development of sociocultural map studies. This essay explores their creation within the context of the challenges facing the Newberry in the 1960s, with special attention to the role of Ken and Jossy Nebenzahl; it then examines the significance of R. A. Skelton’s inaugural lectures and the subsequent history and influence of the lectures, before revisiting Skelton’s vision for the field and its continuing paucity of institutional support. Skelton’s lectures had two major consequences: they led to the formation in 1972 of the Newberry’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography; and his conception of the history of cartography as an intellectually relevant and autonomous discipline was soon proselytized by J. B. Harley and David Woodward as the necessary foundation for a new approach to maps as cultural documents and social instruments.

摘要

Nebenzahl 讲座自 1966 年起在芝加哥纽伯里图书馆每三年举行一次，对社会文化地图研究的发展至关重要。本文探讨了他们在 1960 年代 Newberry 面临挑战的背景下的创作，特别关注 Ken 和 Jossy Nebenzahl 的角色；然后它检查了 RA Skelton 的就职演讲的重要性以及随后的历史和讲座的影响，然后重新审视 Skelton 对该领域的愿景及其持续缺乏机构支持。Skelton 的讲座产生了两个主要影响：它们导致了 1972 年纽伯里赫蒙邓拉普史密斯制图史中心的成立；他将制图史视为一门知识相关且自主的学科的概念很快就被 JB 传播开来