LIVINGMAPS
@livingmaps.bsky.social
Exploring new directions in critical and creative cartography.
We use participatory mapping to help communities drive social change.
Find us at livingmaps.org.uk
We use participatory mapping to help communities drive social change.
Find us at livingmaps.org.uk
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· May 12
Issue 17 — Livingmaps Network
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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
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@nacis.bsky.social @livingmaps.bsky.social Black communities have long used mapping as a tool to challenge, survive, & transcend racism. The Living Black Atlas celebrates these traditions of protest, care & justice. Watch our new video @notebooklm.bsky.social to learn more tiny.utk.edu/LBAshortvideo
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
@nacis.bsky.social @livingmaps.bsky.social Black communities have long used mapping as a tool to challenge, survive, & transcend racism. The Living Black Atlas celebrates these traditions of protest, care & justice. Watch our new video @notebooklm.bsky.social to learn more tiny.utk.edu/LBAshortvideo
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The Indigenous Mapping Collective is a global network of Indigenous mappers that provides Indigenous Peoples, Nations, and organizations with the tools and training to map their lands, share their stories, and decolonize place and space. buff.ly/8laGNaZ
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Indigenous Maps - Indigenous Mapping Collective
We are now known as the Indigenous Mapping Collective. The Indigenous Mapping Workshop is only one part of our global Indigenous Mapping Collective. Our goal has always been to give Indigenous…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Indigenous Mapping Collective is a global network of Indigenous mappers that provides Indigenous Peoples, Nations, and organizations with the tools and training to map their lands, share their stories, and decolonize place and space. buff.ly/8laGNaZ
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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Next up with @livingmaps.bsky.social online seminars, 21st November 10am UK online Tracey Benson will speak on
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks across geographies tinyurl.com/yjjddmfb #mapping #water #floodmanagement
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks across geographies tinyurl.com/yjjddmfb #mapping #water #floodmanagement
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks - Tracey Benson
Join us to explore local understandings of water and flood management in south east Queensland and beyond
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November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Next up with @livingmaps.bsky.social online seminars, 21st November 10am UK online Tracey Benson will speak on
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks across geographies tinyurl.com/yjjddmfb #mapping #water #floodmanagement
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks across geographies tinyurl.com/yjjddmfb #mapping #water #floodmanagement
Livingmaps Seminar (online) 21st November
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks - Tracey Benson www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-re...
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks - Tracey Benson www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-re...
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks - Tracey Benson
Join us to explore local understandings of water and flood management in south east Queensland and beyond
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Livingmaps Seminar (online) 21st November
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks - Tracey Benson www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-re...
Mapping resilience: Supporting water knowledge networks - Tracey Benson www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-re...
Come along to see Livingmapper @mikeduggan4.bsky.social chair a panel discussion on the question of 'who controls the map' at @britishlibrary.bsky.social events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
The Lie of the Land: Who Controls the Map? | British Library
Technologist Ed Parsons, Dr Ollie Ballinger and Dr Pragya Agarwal join cultural geographer Mike Duggan in this panel conversation to explore how maps and c
events.bl.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Come along to see Livingmapper @mikeduggan4.bsky.social chair a panel discussion on the question of 'who controls the map' at @britishlibrary.bsky.social events.bl.uk/events/onlin...
For Manchester Livingmappers: Claire Reddleman to speak about 'The blue dot and the GPS selfie: the critique of the cartographic self' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-blue-d...
The blue dot and the GPS selfie: the critique of the cartographic self
Dr Claire Reddleman, University of Manchester
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November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For Manchester Livingmappers: Claire Reddleman to speak about 'The blue dot and the GPS selfie: the critique of the cartographic self' www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-blue-d...
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@livingmaps.bsky.social Director @mikeduggan4.bsky.social explores the map worlds of Ursula le Guin on display in this fascinating exhibition at the AA Gallery, 36 Bedford Square, WC1B 3ES until December 6th
This fascinating show offers visitors a deeper sense of Le Guin’s maps as world-making and storytelling devices.
The maps of Ursula K Le Guin reveal a fascinating insight into world-building in fantasy fiction
This fascinating show offers visitors a deeper sense of Le Guin’s maps as world-making and storytelling devices.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@livingmaps.bsky.social Director @mikeduggan4.bsky.social explores the map worlds of Ursula le Guin on display in this fascinating exhibition at the AA Gallery, 36 Bedford Square, WC1B 3ES until December 6th
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@livingmaps.bsky.social seminar series 'Mapping Fluid Worlds' starts Weds Oct 29th 6-7pm with a talk on 'The Flood Necklace' by Anne-Laure Fréant, a data-object of all recorded flood events of the Loire River in the city Orléans, spanning 1800-2003. Tix here: shorturl.at/mZh8A #rivers #maps #data
The Flood Necklace - Anne-Laure Fréant
Join us in the first event of our Mapping Fluid Worlds Series to explore how data-sculpture can carry a river’s history
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October 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@livingmaps.bsky.social seminar series 'Mapping Fluid Worlds' starts Weds Oct 29th 6-7pm with a talk on 'The Flood Necklace' by Anne-Laure Fréant, a data-object of all recorded flood events of the Loire River in the city Orléans, spanning 1800-2003. Tix here: shorturl.at/mZh8A #rivers #maps #data
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This fascinating show offers visitors a deeper sense of Le Guin’s maps as world-making and storytelling devices.
The maps of Ursula K Le Guin reveal a fascinating insight into world-building in fantasy fiction
This fascinating show offers visitors a deeper sense of Le Guin’s maps as world-making and storytelling devices.
tcnv.link
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This fascinating show offers visitors a deeper sense of Le Guin’s maps as world-making and storytelling devices.
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Starting this month, another fascinating seminar series from @livingmaps.bsky.social: 'Mapping Fluid Worlds'.
'The Flood Necklace: an exploration of how data-sculpture can carry a river’s history' - Anne-Laure Fréant.
29th October, 6pm UK, Online:
Booking: tinyurl.com/4xc65nnv
'The Flood Necklace: an exploration of how data-sculpture can carry a river’s history' - Anne-Laure Fréant.
29th October, 6pm UK, Online:
Booking: tinyurl.com/4xc65nnv
The Flood Necklace - Anne-Laure Fréant
Join us in the first event of our Mapping Fluid Worlds Series to explore how data-sculpture can carry a river’s history
tinyurl.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Starting this month, another fascinating seminar series from @livingmaps.bsky.social: 'Mapping Fluid Worlds'.
'The Flood Necklace: an exploration of how data-sculpture can carry a river’s history' - Anne-Laure Fréant.
29th October, 6pm UK, Online:
Booking: tinyurl.com/4xc65nnv
'The Flood Necklace: an exploration of how data-sculpture can carry a river’s history' - Anne-Laure Fréant.
29th October, 6pm UK, Online:
Booking: tinyurl.com/4xc65nnv
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Many feelings: joy, gratitude, fear, excitement as we approach pub day for #TheFeministArtOfWalking @plutopress.bsky.social The final preview is Juno Books in Sheffield on Saturday, we launch on Monday then the tour continues next week, last chance to pre-order: www.plutobooks.com/product/the-...
October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Many feelings: joy, gratitude, fear, excitement as we approach pub day for #TheFeministArtOfWalking @plutopress.bsky.social The final preview is Juno Books in Sheffield on Saturday, we launch on Monday then the tour continues next week, last chance to pre-order: www.plutobooks.com/product/the-...
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@livingmaps.bsky.social Invite you to join us for our first Autumn 2025 Seminar Series, Mapping Fluid Worlds. In which Anne-Laure Fréant explores how data-sculpture can convey a river’s history, and questions how we store, share, and remember environmental histories. 👇👇
#maps #environmentalhistory
#maps #environmentalhistory
The Flood Necklace - Anne-Laure Fréant
Join us in the first event of our Mapping Fluid Worlds Series to explore how data-sculpture can carry a river’s history
www.eventbrite.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
@livingmaps.bsky.social Invite you to join us for our first Autumn 2025 Seminar Series, Mapping Fluid Worlds. In which Anne-Laure Fréant explores how data-sculpture can convey a river’s history, and questions how we store, share, and remember environmental histories. 👇👇
#maps #environmentalhistory
#maps #environmentalhistory
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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October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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-...
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@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
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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September 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
@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
youtu.be/oqmMDoLr2Pk
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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
Link to the paper: LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series here: lnkd.in/eyHX8Bjq
July 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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
Link to the paper: LSE Middle East Centre Paper Series here: lnkd.in/eyHX8Bjq
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🗺️ 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' 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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June 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🗺️ 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' by Mike Duggan and Daniel Gutiérrez-Ujaque
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @mikeduggan4.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social @udl.cat
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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
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June 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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
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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...
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...
May 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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...
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...
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...
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...
May 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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...
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...
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
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
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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
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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@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
Link here 👇👇
www.livingmaps.org/issue-17
May 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@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
Link here 👇👇
www.livingmaps.org/issue-17
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📢📢📢 @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 👇
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
May 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
📢📢📢 @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 👇
More information and booking below 👇
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
livingmaps.squarespace.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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
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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
April 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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@livingmaps.bsky.social Last few remaining tickets!! Tomorrow! Walking and Memory Mapping workshop with Marlene Creates - Book your place now!!
bit.ly/43wvKEj
bit.ly/43wvKEj
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
bit.ly/43wvKEj
April 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
@livingmaps.bsky.social Last few remaining tickets!! Tomorrow! Walking and Memory Mapping workshop with Marlene Creates - Book your place now!!
bit.ly/43wvKEj
bit.ly/43wvKEj