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Laptop, Notebook, Ideas for Counter-Mapping project
Laptop, Notebook, Ideas for Counter-Mapping project


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Hacking The Map
Name Hacking The Map
Location De Bonte Zwaan
Date 2018/07/23-2018/07/24
Time 10:00-17:00
PeopleOrganisations Lucas LaRochelle
Type HDSA2018
Web Yes
Print No

The act of counter-mapping inevitably takes up the question of what constitutes ‘truth’, and in doing so, points to the power dynamics at play in epistemological regimes, particularly in relation to space and architecture. Hacking The Map engages with this year’s theme of 'Fake it! Fake them! Fake you! Fake us!' through the production of counter-mapping tools that allow for alterior modes of knowledge production to be spatialized atop a site of highly contested objectivity: the map.

Using Queering The Map, a community generated mapping project, as a jumping off point, Hacking The Map will explore the potentials of counter-mapping through the hands-on development of participatory mapping platforms. The first day of the workshop would begin with a round-table discussion around the political potentials of counter-mapping in a digital context (using open-source mapping tools such as GoogleMapsAPI and OpenStreetMaps), strategies of resisting the collection of user-data, and the power of online anonymity. Day one of the workshop will conclude with participants (individually or in teams) deciding on a concept/topic that they would like to develop an interactive counter-mapping platform for. The second day of the workshop will consist of a hands on tutorial to develop the participants chosen projects, leading them through to the production of a functioning interactive mapping interface.

Schedule:

Day 1:

10-12:30 - Roundtable discussion on the political potentials of counter-mapping in a digital context, queering data and the built environment, strategies of resisting the collection of user-data, and the power of online anonymity.

12:30-1:30 - Lunch

1:30-2:30 - Spatializing Subjectivity - walking meditation of HDSA headquarters and surrounding area, uploading of spatial experiences onto workshop counter-map

2:30-4 - Planning of participants counter-mapping projects (content, design specifications, desired outcomes)

Day 2:

10-12:30 - Tutorial on setting up and editing base maps and adding interactive interface for user-generated content

12:30-1:30 - Lunch

1:30-4 - Open Tutorial and work session to develop participants projects


To Bring:

Laptop, Notebook, Ideas for Counter-Mapping project

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