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[Andreas Broeckmann]

Betreff: 	[echo] Call for Submissions: Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry
Datum: 	Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:56:12 +0100
Von: 	Bahari Ndogo <bahari1 at gmx.de>

*Call for Submissions: Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry*
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Cultural mapping, which spans many academic disciplines and
methodologies, is informed by the observation that cultural phenomena
are distributed spatially and that people experience the symbolic
resources of their communities in spatial terms. While cultural mapping
is firmly grounded in the world of academic disciplines and inquiry, it
has a pragmatic dimension as well. In the Creative City Network of
Canada's /Cultural Mapping Toolkit/, for example, Cultural Mapping is
defined pragmatically as “a process of collecting, recording, analyzing
and synthesizing information in order to describe the cultural
resources, networks, links and patterns of usage of a given community
or group.” Cultural mapping is generally regarded as a systematic tool
to identify and record local cultural assets—and these assets are
thought of as “tangible” or quantitative (physical spaces, cultural
organizations, public forms of promotion and self-representation,
programs, cultural industries, natural heritage, cultural heritage,
people, and resources) and “intangible” or qualitative (community
narratives, values, relationships, rituals, traditions, history, shared
sense of place). Together these assets help define communities in terms
of cultural identity, vitality, sense of place, and quality of life.

Cultural mapping, then, is a theoretically informed research practice
and a highly pragmatic planning and development tool. But cultural
mapping can also be viewed as a form of cultural production and
expression. Mapping can itself be cultural—that is, animated by artists
and artistic approaches to mapping collective and competing senses of
place, space, and community. The Folkvine project in Florida (and the
work of the Florida Research Ensemble generally); the memory mapping
work of Marlene Creates and Ernie Kroeger; the storymapping of First
Nations experiences in small cities documented by the Small Cities CURA;
Map Art and Diagram Art from the Surrealists to the Situationists to the
work of contemporary artists; Sound Mapping, sonic geographies, and
acoustic ecology research: these alternative approaches to mapping
culture and community are helping to expand and refine the possibilities
for mapping as a form of cultural inquiry.

The editors of /Cultural Mapping as Cultural Inquiry /seek submissions
that address cultural mapping in all its forms and applications.
Abstracts and inquiries should be sent by *March 30, 2012 *to Dr. W.F.
Garrett-Petts, Faculty of Arts, Thompson Rivers University: petts at tru.ca
<mailto:petts at tru.ca>

Editors for the refereed book publication (to be published jointly by
the Centro de Estudos Sociais at the University of Coimbra, /Textual
Studies in Canada /and the Small Cities Community-University Research
Alliance): David MacLennan, W.F. Garrett-Petts, and Nancy Duxbury.
Centro de Estudos Sociais: www.ces.uc.pt <http://www.ces.uc.pt/>

The Small Cities CURA: www.smallcities.ca <http://www.smallcities.ca/>

Dr. Nancy Duxbury

Investigadora PhD | Senior Researcher
Co-coordinator, ‘Cities, Culture, and Architecture’ research group |
Núcleo de Estudos sobre Cidades, Culturas e Arquitectura

Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) | Centre for Social Studies

Laboratório Associado | State Associate Laboratory

Universidade de Coimbra | University of Coimbra
Colégio S. Jerónimo, Ap. 3087
3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal

duxbury at ces.uc.pt <mailto:duxbury at ces.uc.pt>