๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ-๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น, so why do we treat them that way?
When most people think of maps, they picture something flat and functional. Google Maps. Paper maps. Blue dots and red pins. But thatโs a symptom of how deeply colonial attitudes have shaped the way we perceive land. (as something to claim, use, navigate, or own.)
Maps werenโt always like this. Across cultures, maps once held many dimensions. They showed us how our ancestors lived, what was sacred within a community, where we coexist with other groups and where we donโt, and they told us when to move with the seasons.
These maps werenโt just tools. They were stories, values, memory, and rhythms that are now largely forgotten. This spring, we explored all of this in the Divided becauseโฆ maps programme. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ we asked: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป?
On 2 August 2025, join us for an interactive online session with creators Amal, Sadie, and Sara, who will share their powerful responses to this question. Rooted in lived experience and deep reflection on the cities and spaces theyโve called home, they are bringing important conversations to the forefront.
๐ Details :
๐ 2nd August, 2025
๐ 3:00โ4:30pm CEST
๐ป Online
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/contracts-carparks-and-clocktowers-tickets-1414018149349
We will be presenting works on:
๐ Home ownership and ancestral erasure
๐ ฟ๏ธ Urban land use through the lens of car parks