New Directions in Radical Cartography, published in December by Rowman and Littlefield, explores the emergence of counter-mapping as a distinctive field of practice. It draws on original research, accounts of mapping projects and detailed readings of maps produced by members of the Livingmaps Network over the past five years as part of community action, urban ethnography, environmental activism, humanitarianism, and public engagement.
In this online event , the editors, Phil Cohen and Mike Duggan, will introduce the book and discuss some of the key issues of critical theory and radical practice which it addresses. These issues will be explored further in dialogue with a panel of discussants, including Tom Harper, Lead Curator of Antiquarian Mapping at the British Library, Linda Knight, author of ‘Inefficient Mapping’ and Erin Mc Elroy, from the Anti Eviction Mapping Group in San Francisco. Contributors to the book will also be taking part in the discussion.