Phil Cohen A New Title from eyeglass books. Three years in the making, this book is an experiment in close collaboration between a writer and four visual artists who together take a stab at capturing the zeitgeist from Left Field. This is no prophecy of Doom or New Dawn but a groundling’s view of the theatre of cruelty which currently passes for everyday life, … [Read more...] about Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Cartographies of Violence/Rhetorics of War
Livingmaps Webinar November 28th 18.00 - 20.00 (UK time) In this webinar we will hear from three leading researchers on how maps are mobilised in conflict. This event is part of In and Against the Fog of War: Mappings from the Front Line, a programme of live events, webinars and workshops organised by Livingmaps Network addressing the historical and contemporary links … [Read more...] about Cartographies of Violence/Rhetorics of War
Living Maps Autumn Newsletter 2022
Livingmaps Network was started in 2015 by a small group of enthusiasts, none of whom were professional cartographers, but who were interested in challenging the dominant way maps were made, used or thought about and in developing alternative , more democratic and participatory approaches to doing all three. Over these past seven years Living Maps has established itself as a … [Read more...] about Living Maps Autumn Newsletter 2022
The Map, the Territory and the Fog of War
This is an edited version of a talk given to the opening session of ‘Cartography on the Front Line’ seminar series, at the British Library on October 27th, 2022. You may download the file using this link. … [Read more...] about The Map, the Territory and the Fog of War
Keywords for Radical Organising: Community Workshop
How do we talk about the networks, communities, and infrastructures that arise from efforts to organise collectively? How does the language we use to describe radical organising affect the way we do it? And what productive conversations can be had when theory and practice are brought into dialogue? This is the third of three ‘in-conversation’ workshops that bring academics … [Read more...] about Keywords for Radical Organising: Community Workshop