connectography

English

Etymology

From connect +‎ -graphy; coined by geopolitical strategist Parag Khanna in his 2016 book Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization, subsequently expanded with usage in additional academic, scientific and other contexts.

Pronunciation

Noun

connectography (uncountable)

  1. (social sciences) The study or conceptual mapping of global interconnectivity through infrastructure, supply chains, communication networks, and other transnational systems.
    • 2016, Parag Khanna, Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization, Random House, →ISBN, page 11:
      The twenty-first century challenge is to map a new human geography of connectivity, what I call connectography.
  2. The concept that constraints long imposed by geographical and locational uniquities (resource availability/scarcity, distance to markets, etc.) can increasingly be reshaped or even superseded by functional, connective infrastructure (including but not limited to rail transit, unrestricted flows of information, shipping lanes or blockchain technology) and the economic flows that they drives, to an extent more influential than traditional political boundaries, and increasingly so, especially in the absence of such deliberately constructed connective superstructures within and into those boundaries.
  3. The visual or computational mapping of brain or other connectivity networks, such as the use of neuroimaging techniques such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) or functional MRI (fMRI), to generate a comprehensible visualization of the connective web undergirding a complex organ like the brain or a similar superstructure such as the central nervous system or a mycelium network in botany.

Usage notes

  • Typically used in academic, policy, or strategic contexts to emphasize the shift from geopolitics focused on territory to one focused on connectivity and flows.
  • Popularized in futurist and globalization discourse following the publication of Khanna’s book in 2016.
  • In neuroscience, connectography is sometimes used synonymously with or as an extension of connectome mapping, particularly in brain imaging and network analysis studies.

See also

References

  • Khanna, Parag. Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization. Random House, 2016. →ISBN.
  • Zhang et al., Xiaojie Connectography analysis based on brain network degree centrality and functional connectivity in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder, Brain and Behavior, Vol. 14, Iss. 5, 2024. 10.1002/brb3.3643
  • Parag Khanna official website

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