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Slides form GeoHCI workshop in Paris (part of CHI 2013), Sat 27th April 2013 About different kinds of maps, mobile heritage project on Tiree and Alan Walks Wales, local maps and local identity, linear maps and liminal communities
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Mental Geography, Wonky Maps and a Long Way Ahead
Alan DixTalis and University of Birmingham
http://alandix.com/alanwalkswales
about me
University ofBirmingham
Tiree
About Tiree750 residents20,000 summer visitors
Tiree
at the edges ...750 people, 20 square miles, 4 hour ferry
Tiree Tech Wavefor the attendee and for the community
making a differenceTiree Mobile Heritage App.Tiree Connect
mapsreclaiming the local map within technological space
mapping never easier ... so long as it is ‘standard’
“Post-Renaissance maps cover the surface of the world with an homogeneous Cartesian grip”
Barbara Bender
local maps – local concerns
maps – issues
coordinate transforms – rubber sheeting
transitions – morph or discontinuous
authoring and data
walking Wales
Welsh Coast Path
opened May 2012linking existing pathsa single way marked routewith Offa’s Dyke encircles Walesthree full traversals in 2012 (one running)
Alan Walks Wales – Vision
personalencircling, encompassing, pilgrimage, homecoming,
practicalIT for the walker & IT for local communities
philosophicalreflections on walking and space, locality and identity
researchpersonal agenda and living lab
linear maps too
linear maps too
linear maps – issues
personal narrative and stories of place
curves and bends ... the high-pass filter
linking trails and localities
off the track
marginality
monmouth and the borders
conflict and boundaries:Offa’s Dyke, Norman Castles, Caerleon
contested territoryhow many counties in Wales?
divided yet joined
an interstitial community