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The Mushroom at the End of the World

The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

By: Alexandra Crosby Dec 04 '17 Date: December 4, 2017 Comments: 0

We are reading this book because Anna Tsing’s book Friction had such an effect on the collaboration that is Mapping Edges. This book is about the most valuable mushroom in the world, the Matsutake, the commodity chains within which it exists, and its relationship with humans, trees and others. Through its ability to nurture trees, […]

The Island Will Sink by Briohny Doyle

The Island Will Sink by Briohny Doyle

By: Alexandra Crosby Dec 04 '17 Date: December 4, 2017 Comments: 0

We read this debut novel by Briohny Doyle for our speculative fiction book club. It is set in a not-too-distant future when environmental catastrophe is completely normal and immersive cinema about disaster is the most popular entertainment. The protagonist is Max Galleon, a filmmaker and family man who can’t remember anything without his implanted digital […]

Marrickville Backyards

Marrickville Backyards

By: Alexandra Crosby Dec 04 '17 Date: December 4, 2017 Comments: 0

This book, Marrickville Backyards, was necessary preparatory reading for our field work in Marrickville. Published in 2001 by Marrickville Community History Group, with only a small print run, this book is not easy to get your hands on. We found it through Sydney’s much-loved Gould’s Book Arcade. Our second hand copy comes with a note on […]

Gluten by Jessica Barnes

Gluten by Jessica Barnes

By: Ilaria Vanni Dec 04 '17 Date: December 4, 2017 Comments: 0

We read Jessica Barnes entry ‘Gluten’ in the Lexicon for an Anthropocene Yet Unseen, published by Cultural Anthropology. Barnes begins with a deceptively simple question: what does the Anthropocene taste like? This is an excellent starting point to imagine a series of material, semiotic, and sensory entanglements and assemblages generated in the Anthropocene (if we want […]

A Philosophy of Walking, Frédéric Gros

A Philosophy of Walking, Frédéric Gros

By: Alexandra Crosby Dec 04 '17 Date: December 4, 2017 Comments: 0

I just finished reading ‘A Philosophy of Walking’ for obvious reasons. Mapping Edges are avid walkers, and philosophers of walking. The book is a wonderful meditation on what walking does for thinking. Gros begins with the proposition that walking is not a sport, and then he meanders through history (albeit mostly Western male history), telling […]

The Cooks River with Clare and Sally

The Cooks River with Clare and Sally

By: Alexandra Crosby Nov 27 '17 Date: November 27, 2017 Comments: 0

I don’t often get boating invitations. This week, when Clare Britton asked my to climb aboard the newly renovated ‘Sally’ at the Tempe Pier, I didn’t hesitate. As part of her research project A Week on the Cooks River, Clare is spending time observing, describing, rowing the Cooks. AC: So can you tell me what […]

Brooklyn Grange

By: Alexandra Crosby Nov 23 '17 Date: November 23, 2017 Comments: 0

America is full of superlatives. I’m usually not seduced. But the biggest rooftop garden in the world got my attention.     As a working farm, Brooklyn Grange is only open to visitors once a week, on Wednesdays (if you visit NYC keep this in mind) when they offer a guided tour. So, with my mother […]

From the archive: Mapping Edges first walk.

By: Ilaria Vanni Nov 19 '17 Date: November 19, 2017 Comments: 0

This is a short documentation of the first Mapping Edges walk around Marrickville while in residence at Frontyard in March 2016. It shows some key elements of our methodology: we walk slowly, and analyse plant life and the way plants design the urban environment. Also it often rains.

Seed Swap

Seed Swap

By: Alexandra Crosby Nov 09 '17 Date: November 9, 2017 Comments: 0

WHERE: Michael Maher Room, Haberfield Library
WHEN: December 1, 2017 2pm-4pm
WHAT: A seed swap is an event where gardeners meet to exchange seeds. Refreshments will be provided. WHO: Everyone who gardens. You don’t need to be an expert, you just need to be open to sharing.
BRING: Seeds to exchange or give away.

Spontaneous gardens of migrants plants: a banana grove, taro, papaya and sweet potatoes growing along the rail tracks

Tropical Geographies of Abundance

By: Ilaria Vanni Sep 15 '17 Date: September 15, 2017 Comments: 0

We presented a paper at the conference Tropics of the Imagination in Singapore last week, and took occasion to think through what kind of tropical imaginaries are generated by plants. We started by locating our work in Gadigal country, specifically in Marrickville, explained our methodology, introduced which tropical tropes are associated with plants, and concluded following […]

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