Visiting lecturer Charles J. Farrugia has recently delivered a keynote speech at the 35th edition of the International Geographic Seminar ‘Dimitrie Cantemir’ organised by the Alexander Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania. Mr Farrugia’s speech, entitled ‘Popular cartography and photographic archives: building blocks in cultural tourism’, dealt with how cartography can be layered in with photographic holdings to build cultural products that can enhance the value added of our touristic product. The paper built around a Maltese case study and how upcoming projects are aligned with this philosophy.
The full programme of the conference is available . The event brought together experts from the geography department of IaÅŸi and other guest speakers from France and other countries who dealt with related topics.
