LA CARTOGRAFIA COME OPERATORE SIMBOLICO: IL CONTAGIO DEL COVID-19 IN LOMBARDIA

Abstract

Cartography as a symbolic operator: the Covid-19 pandemic in Lombardy. – By anchoring itself to cartographic semiosis, the contribution intends to high-light the importance that cartography acquires within the media communication system, with particular attention to its use in the current health emergency. Indeed, cartography is conceived as a symbolic operator capable of actively acting to create knowledge and provide operational requirements in the Coronavirus emergency. Thanks to cartographic semiosis, it is possible to investigates the construction and communication mechanisms relating to the representation of the territory and the implementation of a cybercartography. This kind of cartography, if it is correctly constructed from a semiotic point of view, is an effective tool, through which it is possible to restore the social complexity of the areas most affected by the pandemic. This contribution will be exemplified on the multiscale mapping of Lombardy produced within the CST-DiathesisLab of the University of Bergamo.