Living Maps Network: Questioning the Colonial: Three Counter Mapping Practices ‘Mapping Urban Plantiness’

In this presentation we introduce selected projects that seek to answer the question: how does our understanding of cultural, environmental, and social histories of place change if we let ourselves be guided by plants?

 15 April 6.00-8.00am London/Online
Green Square Civic Ecologies Walk 1 Earth Day/City of Sydney Events/ Facebook

Join Mapping Edges on a walk through Green Square to observe civic environmental practices happening within the precinct.
 24 April 2.00-5.00pm Joynton Avenue Creative Centre, Zetland NSW 2017
The Planty Atlas of UTS as Creative Research ‘Conversations on Creativity’, ResHub. 3 May 4.00-6.00pm UTS
Remapping Heritage in Haberfield For Inner West Heritage Week

What role do gardens play in shaping our understanding of suburban heritage? Join Ilaria Vanni Accarigi and Alexandra Crosby to discuss their findings and quest to answer this question. Their research draws on oral histories, archival research and planting customs in Haberfield, the first model Garden Suburb in Australia, to demonstrate how plants can channel and extend ideas of heritage.

20 May 6.30-8.30pm Haberfield Library, Haberfield

 
Mapping Edges, Dr. Jo Rey (Dharug community member, teacher, librarian, researcher), Seoídin O’ Sullivan (Artist) 

Facilitator: Eve Olney (Living Commons)

 ‘Networks of Solidarity: In the Roots’

In the Roots brings together four researchers, educators and artists based in Ireland and Sydney whose practices are embedded in places of connection, creating sustainable and abundant systems as well as community organisation around ecological concerns. This shared online space will explore the perspectives, knowledge and experience our invited guests bring to their practices and communities. The aim is to open a dialogue between our guests and audience members to explore shared experiences in diverse urban contexts of Dublin 8, Marrickville and Wallumattagal country.

 7 June 6.00-7.30pm Dublin 8, Marrickville and Wallumattagal country