Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry

This book provides an introduction to the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cultural mapping, making a case for and demonstrating the spatial turn emerging in many related areas of critical, social and artistic research. Contributors explore innovative ways to encourage artistic intervention and public participation in cultural mapping—recognizing that artistic practices and public involvement introduce a range of challenges spanning various phases of the research process, from the gathering of data, to interpreting data, to presenting “findings” to audiences. This collection explores the international scope of approaches to mapping cultures and communities.