We were delighted when first knowing about Istanbul based Center for Spatial Justice’s work, as we felt to be kindred spirits. Mekanda Adalet Derneği – the Center for Spatial Justice, short MAD, combines activist research, participatory practice, and critical education, to create fairer, more democratic, ecological urban and rural spaces; to combine cross-disciplinary academic with […]
Amazon, Homeless People and the Police
We are overwhelmed by the positive response for This Is Not an Atlas. It is (german) amazon besteller in “globalization” (even if we would prefere counter-globalization;). And the first edition of 3000 copies is already sold out. So it seems we have a wide audience. Interessting and somehow funny to find out about the differences […]
Information Overload
1-2-3 – it looks so harmless on the map: a thin line that runs eastwards, then takes a sharp 90-degree turn northwards and again 90-degrees eastwards up to the edge. Yet on the ground, the line is a concrete wall, built to demarcate the boundary between two worlds, the “legal” and the “illegal”, the accepted […]
Counter-Mapping for Resistance and Solidarity in the Philippines
Mapping is a deeply political practice. Especially when considering how it is embedded in the reproduction of power in the Philippine context. Historically, mapping can be linked to colonial exploits and imperial pursuits as it attempts to represent colonized populations and places within a legible territory conducive for exploitation and control (see Harris & Hazen, […]
Emancipatory Mapmaking: Lessons from Kibera
Modern mapmaking in the global South has been deeply entwined with the colonial endeavor of producing legible spaces. Critical Geography has emphasized the role of maps in governing populations and their politics of in/visibility, especially concerning marginalized communities. What else can maps do? How can communities and activists deploy mapping technologies as tools that support […]
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