Last weekend, I found myself at the Other Worlds Zine Fair at Marrickville Town Hall. I was shopping, not selling, which was quite a treat. If you are not sure of the significance of zines, a good place to start is Jessica Lymn’s thesis ‘Queering the archives: the practice of zines’ which is available for download […]

We have just finished up an online residency at WalkingLab, as part of the project Performing Lines: Innovations in walking and sensory research methodologies. This project is lead by Dr. Stephanie Springgay to study and advance the theory and practice of walking methodologies, exploring and developing innovative interdisciplinary practices. MappingEdges has been ‘Walking with Seeds’ […]

I ran into a friend yesterday who has been following #mappingedges through Instagram. Although he lives only 10 km away, because of traffic, poor public transport connection, and generally busy lives, we barely see each other and he hasn’t been able to join any of our walks. He had noticed the images of papayas growing on Marrickville’s edges and wanted to know if they were the kind that were good in Som Tam, Green Papaya Salad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_papaya_salad).

We are pleased to announce that Mapping Edges has been awarded a Local History grant by Inner West Council to undertake a research project called ‘Home Gardens of Haberfield’.