Quote: “Those of us charting historical maps know that we cannot tell the “truth.” That no one map can ever tell the truth, that our traditional foundations are shaky, that maps are neither stable nor coherent, and that the notion of capturing any “reality” rings of empiricism, positivism and naïveté. Yet we cannot completely separate ourselves from writing or from reading these histories, these stories.” (Glenn 289)

Question: Does Glenn believe we should stop attempting to map out histories? Is there any benefit to these ‘maps’, do they provide any insight at all? Or do they blur our concepts of reality? What would Glenn think about the type of map Aristotle created, giving a template for rhetoric? Is this not the type of map she is referring to?  I believe it is solely based off of a man’s perspective so maybe she would like to see some collaboration with a woman’s perspective?