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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · 13h

Interested in creating more inclusive maps? Join us for a hands-on workshop on the 18th October to learn about and practice inclusive mapping www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-...

Inclusive Mapping Workshop: Creating a Design Brief

Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn about and practice inclusive mapping

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · 22d

@livingmaps.bsky.social Earlier this year we had the pleasure of co-facilitating a workshop on creative mapping and health, with colleagues from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. This short video shows some of the fun and creative mapping approaches and ideas we were exploring
youtu.be/oqmMDoLr2Pk

What Does a Map of our Health Look Like?

YouTube video by Global Affairs, King's College London

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Jul 30

Congratulations to @livingmaps.bsky.social authors Kimbal Bumstead and Sana Murrani, and researchers from Yazda, for their new publication: The Ruptured Atlas. Story Mapping with Survivors of the Genocide in Iraq.
Link to the paper: LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series here: lnkd.in/eyHX8Bjq

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Progress in Human Geography @proghumgeog.bsky.social · Jun 22

🗺️ New paper published in Progress in Human Geography 🗺️

'Counter-mapping as praxis: Participation, pedagogy, and creativity' by Mike Duggan and Daniel Gutiérrez-Ujaque

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @mikeduggan4.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social @udl.cat

Counter-mapping as praxis: Participation, pedagogy, and creativity - Mike Duggan, Daniel Gutiérrez-Ujaque, 2025

Counter-mapping has become central to a wide array of spatial practices across activist, artistic, and academic spaces. This article reconceptualises counter-ma...

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Mike Duggan @mikeduggan4.bsky.social · Jun 16

In our new article - ‘Counter-mapping as praxis: participation, pedagogy and creativity’ Daniel Gutierrez-Ujaque and I review the current state of counter-mapping, attempt to go beyond frameworks of participation, and resist the idea that counter-mapping is a universal methodology. DM for a copy

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · May 29

More from Livingmaps Review 17!
In Mapworks, Debbie Kent gives focus to the You Are Here maps that populate urban centres. At once, both mundane street furniture and a portal into understanding our location on the earth.
www.livingmaps.org/you-are-here...

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · May 29

More from Livingmaps Review 17!
In Mapworks, Debbie Kent gives focus to the You Are Here maps that populate urban centres. At once, both mundane street furniture and a portal into understanding our location on the earth.
www.livingmaps.org/you-are-here...

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · May 20

Online now in Livingmaps Review 17: Waypoints
Summer on a GeoBike: Mapping for Recreation with Refugee Youth Map4Rec, a citizen science project with refugee communities in the Twente region of the Netherlands.
www.livingmaps.org/waypoints-17

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · May 13

@livingmaps.bsky.social Pleased to announce that Issue 17 of Livingmaps Review is now published! See inside for articles on ‘deep mapping’ practices - walking, talking, photographing, collaging, archiving and working together.
Link here 👇👇
www.livingmaps.org/issue-17

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · May 12

📢📢📢 @livingmaps.bsky.social are joining a team from the Departments of History and Global Health and Social Medicine on Wednesday 21 May from 13:00-16.00 pm for an immersive health mapping exercise - It's FREE and light refreshments will be served!!
More information and booking below 👇

Body Worlds: Mapping Health from the Inside Out

Join a team from the Departments of History and Global Health and Social Medicine for an immersive health mapping exercise.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · May 12

Issue 17 of Livingmaps Review is now published. See inside for articles from Ekaterina Egorova, Javier Martinez, Kateryna Miller and Louise Francis, Debbie Kent, Tamsin Grainger, Blake Morris, Alix Camacho Vargas and Erin Turner livingmaps.squarespace.com/issue-17

Issue 17 — Livingmaps Network

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Nikki Paterson @niktheearthling.bsky.social · Apr 29

Huge thanks to @livingmaps.bsky.social for a great conference last week. Particularly inspired by the design-led projects and artworks, including Claire Reddleman’s #GinkgosoftheBritishIsles, and by trying my hand at my first more-than-human map

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Apr 29

@livingmaps.bsky.social Last few remaining tickets!! Tomorrow! Walking and Memory Mapping workshop with Marlene Creates - Book your place now!!
bit.ly/43wvKEj

Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join @livingmaps.bsky.social on April 30th for an artist's talk and memory mapping workshop with Canadian artist Marlene Creates. Book your place now! 👇👇
bit.ly/43wvKEj

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Apr 26

@livingmaps.bsky.social extending a huge thank you to all the contributors and participants who came and made our More-Than-Human Mapping Conference possible! Join our network of Living Mappers and find out more about what we do here:
www.livingmaps.org

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Apr 12

@livingmaps.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS! 📢📢📢
We are delighted to announce our Keynote speaker for our More than Human Mappings Conference will be
Sasha Engelman: Mapping Planetary Weather
We hope you will join us!
For more information click the link below! 👇👇👇
www.livingmaps.org/forthcoming-...

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Mar 28

@livingmaps.bsky.social excited to post the agenda and all details for our More than Human Mapping Conference April 24th - 26th at Senate House, London - Click on the link to see details and a range of ticket options - come and join us!
www.livingmaps.org/forthcoming-...

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 We are excited to announce the programme for our 2025 conference, More-Than-Human Mappings" Join us for 2 days of talks, workshops and an exhibition. Link for information & tickets here!!👇👇👇 livingmaps.squarespace.com/forthcoming-...

Forthcoming Events — Livingmaps Network

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 We are excited to announce the programme for our 2025 conference, More-Than-Human Mappings" Join us for 2 days of talks, workshops and an exhibition. Link for information & tickets here!!👇👇👇 livingmaps.squarespace.com/forthcoming-...

Forthcoming Events — Livingmaps Network

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join us on April 30th for an artist's talk and memory mapping workshop with Canadian artist Marlene Creates.
Book your place now! 👇👇
bit.ly/43wvKEj

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · Mar 7

Hi Liz - yes we will post the conference program very soon!

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join us on April 30th for an artist's talk and memory mapping workshop with Canadian artist Marlene Creates.
Book your place now! 👇👇
bit.ly/43wvKEj

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · Mar 3

📢📢📢We are excited to announce booking is now open for our 2025 Conference, More-Than-Human Mappings" on April 24 - 25th in London. Join us for 2 days of talks, workshops and an exhibition. Link for more information & tickets here!! (Concessions Available) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-than-...

More-than-human mappings - Livingmaps Network Conference 2025

Join us to share knowledge and ideas on mapping as an approach to exploring the more-than-human

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Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social · Feb 26

@livingmaps.bsky.social Just 24 hours to go until our online seminar with Emilio Vavarella !!
Click the link below to book your ticket
#mapping #cartography #counter-mapping #maps

Cartographic Media and Art Practice - Emilio Vavarella

Emilio presents a series of projects on new forms of counter-mapping that exploit the errors and glitches of digital mapping technologies

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · Feb 17

Tickets still available for our next event.

Emilio Vavarella | Feb 27th 6pm UK online | Cartographic Media and Art Practice: New forms of counter-mapping

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cartograph...

Cartographic Media and Art Practice - Emilio Vavarella

Emilio presents a series of projects on new forms of counter-mapping that exploit the errors and glitches of digital mapping technologies

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Mike Duggan @mikeduggan4.bsky.social · Nov 16

All Mapped Out: How Maps Shape Us - ‘All Mapped Out is an entertaining adventure for everyone who loves maps, both real and imaginary, analogue and digital’ reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/all-map... @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

All Mapped Out | Reaktion Books

Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out is an exploration of how maps impact our lives on social and cultural levels. This book takes readers on a journey through t...

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