{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7104462301","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17556951","title":"The Literary Cartography of East Africa in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise: A Study through Critical Cartography and Postcolonial Spatial Theory","display_name":"The Literary Cartography of East Africa in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise: A Study through Critical Cartography and Postcolonial Spatial Theory","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-11-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7104462301","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17556951"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dialoguesreview.com:article/1161","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dialoguesreview.com/index.php/2/article/view/1161","pdf_url":"https://dialoguesreview.com/index.php/2/article/download/1161/1121","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407075242","display_name":"Dialogue Social Science Review (DSSR)","issn_l":"3007-3146","issn":["3007-3146","3007-3154"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"3007-3146","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://dialoguesreview.com/index.php/2/article/download/1161/1121","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Kamran Zaib Ahmed Mabrook Al-Hawtali","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Kamran Zaib Ahmed Mabrook Al-Hawtali","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.52506695,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11717","display_name":"Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies","score":0.6875,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11717","display_name":"Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies","score":0.6875,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13512","display_name":"Spatial and Cultural Studies","score":0.29980000853538513,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12457","display_name":"Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature","score":0.002899999963119626,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/literary-cartography","display_name":"literary cartography","score":0.859000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/east-africa","display_name":"East Africa","score":0.4880000054836273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/paradise-novel","display_name":"Paradise (novel)","score":0.7870000004768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/abdulrazak-gurnah","display_name":"Abdulrazak Gurnah","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/counter-mapping","display_name":"counter-mapping","score":0.902999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/critical-cartography","display_name":"critical cartography","score":0.7329999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/german-colonialism","display_name":"German colonialism","score":0.8690000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/place-names","display_name":"place names","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/caravan-routes","display_name":"caravan routes","score":0.7739999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spatial-violence","display_name":"spatial violence","score":0.8740000128746033}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.5318999886512756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.4092999994754791},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58640448","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42515","display_name":"Cartography","level":1,"score":0.33390000462532043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.32409998774528503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780301185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7234129","display_name":"Postcolonialism (international relations)","level":2,"score":0.31029999256134033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C527412718","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855395","display_name":"Interpretation (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.3059000074863434},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19165224","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404","display_name":"Anthropology","level":1,"score":0.29989999532699585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776608160","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4785462","display_name":"Natural (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.2298000007867813},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52119013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50637","display_name":"Art history","level":1,"score":0.22609999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781291010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178580","display_name":"Period (music)","level":2,"score":0.22300000488758087}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:dialoguesreview.com:article/1161","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dialoguesreview.com/index.php/2/article/view/1161","pdf_url":"https://dialoguesreview.com/index.php/2/article/download/1161/1121","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407075242","display_name":"Dialogue Social Science Review (DSSR)","issn_l":"3007-3146","issn":["3007-3146","3007-3154"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"3007-3146","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.17556951","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17556951","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17556951","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article-journal"},{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.17556952","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17556952","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17556952","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400562","display_name":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I67311998","host_organization_name":"European Organization for Nuclear Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67311998"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article-journal"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:dialoguesreview.com:article/1161","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://dialoguesreview.com/index.php/2/article/view/1161","pdf_url":"https://dialoguesreview.com/index.php/2/article/download/1161/1121","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407075242","display_name":"Dialogue Social Science Review (DSSR)","issn_l":"3007-3146","issn":["3007-3146","3007-3154"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"3007-3146","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7104462301.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7104462301.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":5,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2001320897","https://openalex.org/W2035317106","https://openalex.org/W2056197315","https://openalex.org/W2091298291","https://openalex.org/W4361283331"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7155187281","https://openalex.org/W2021180581","https://openalex.org/W2772111338","https://openalex.org/W4312299913","https://openalex.org/W2902646442","https://openalex.org/W1549279636","https://openalex.org/W7048684566","https://openalex.org/W2054417328","https://openalex.org/W6964791613","https://openalex.org/W1757657936"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"relationship":[1],"of":[2,41,107],"literature":[3,27],"and":[4,18,69,88,97,113,119,135],"geography":[5],"has":[6],"emerged":[7],"as":[8,29,85,105,143],"an":[9],"important":[10],"area":[11],"for":[12],"understanding":[13],"how":[14,25,74,115],"colonial":[15,110,165],"powers":[16],"mapped":[17],"controlled":[19],"territories,":[20],"yet":[21],"limited":[22],"research":[23,152],"examines":[24],"postcolonial":[26,66,156],"functions":[28,142],"counter-cartography,":[30],"challenging":[31],"imperial":[32],"spatial":[33,67,86,111,149],"epistemologies.":[34],"Gurnah's":[35],"Paradise":[36,141],"offers":[37],"a":[38,144],"compelling":[39],"analysis":[40,61],"literary":[42,60,70,116,157],"cartography,":[43,65],"reconstructing":[44],"late":[45],"nineteenth-century":[46],"East":[47,173],"African":[48,148,174],"trade":[49],"networks":[50],"that":[51,140],"European":[52],"colonialism":[53],"systematically":[54],"erased.":[55],"This":[56],"study":[57],"employs":[58],"qualitative":[59],"grounded":[62],"in":[63],"critical":[64],"theory,":[68],"cartography":[71],"to":[72],"examine":[73,114,154],"the":[75],"novel":[76],"maps":[77,104],"pre-colonial":[78],"caravan":[79],"routes,":[80],"documents":[81],"German":[82,178],"railway":[83],"infrastructure":[84],"violence,":[87],"preserves":[89],"indigenous":[90],"geographic":[91,121,136,161],"knowledge":[92],"through":[93],"placenames,":[94],"stopping":[95],"stations,":[96],"merchant":[98],"navigation":[99],"strategies.":[100],"These":[101],"frameworks":[102],"interrogate":[103],"instruments":[106],"power,":[108],"analyse":[109],"restructuring,":[112],"texts":[117],"preserve":[118],"contest":[120],"knowledge.":[122],"Close":[123],"textual":[124],"reading":[125],"identifies":[126],"explicit":[127],"cartographic":[128],"elements,":[129],"including":[130],"route":[131],"descriptions,":[132],"directional":[133],"movements,":[134],"terminology.":[137],"Findings":[138],"reveal":[139],"modern":[145],"counter-mapping":[146],"preserving":[147],"agency.":[150],"Future":[151],"should":[153],"other":[155],"cartographies":[158],"recovering":[159],"marginalised":[160],"epistemologies":[162],"across":[163],"diverse":[164],"contexts.":[166],"Keywords:":[167],"Literary":[168],"Cartography,":[169],"Postcolonial":[170],"Spatial":[171],"Theory,":[172],"Trade":[175],"Routes,":[176],"Counter-Mapping,":[177],"Colonialism.":[179],"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17556952":[180]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2025-11-09T00:00:00"}