cartography

noun

Etymology: From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (gráphō, “write”)); carto- (“map”) + -graphy.

1. The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
2. An illustrative discussion of a topic.

   “In the early years of my psychedelic research, I sketched a vastly expanded cartography of the psyche that seems to meet this challenge.”

   “The Dalit feminist standpoint, and more specifically the national Federation of Dalit Women, provide in very clear terms a cartography of governance that forces an official reckoning of a new way of seeing.”