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Contents

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Introduction: The Crisis of Outsiderness and the Call for Redesign

Youth marginalisation, public service systems, and the case for a fluid ontological map

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02

Background & Framing

Cartographic legibility, colonial histories, and the shift towards fluid ontologies

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03

Counter Mapping & Fluid Ontologies

Reclaiming spatial narratives through flexible knowledge architectures

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04

Geodesign

Bridging experiential knowledge and urban planning parameters

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05

Slow Global Sensing

Revalorising cultural mobilities and rootedness in response to planetary emergencies

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06

Open Source / Community Map Building

Tools and communities for collaborative mapping

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07

Other Projects

Precedents and related mapping practices

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Research Archive

Critical essays on mapping practices, power, and embodied knowledge

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This research archive explores critical cartography through essays, case studies, and theoretical frameworks. Click on any numbered entry to expand its sub-sections, or click on a sub-section to view its detailed content.

Critical cartography challenges the notion that maps are objective representations of space. Instead, it examines how cartographic practices are embedded in power relations, cultural contexts, and embodied experiences. This archive documents alternative mapping methodologies that center marginalized perspectives and challenge dominant spatial narratives.

Embodied Cartographies

A critical exploration of mapping practices, power, and embodied knowledge

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