Mapping Edges is thrilled to join the the ‘Mapping Future Imaginaries’ network, based at RMIT and led by artist and academic Associate Professor Linda Knight. Linda has been an ally of Mapping Edges for many years and her Inefficient Mapping project has helped us use observation and sensing to think more slowly in the city. […]

We are in the habit of making maps, and putting them together as atlases. So we thought it was time to try to explain why. An atlas is a book or collection of maps. Many atlases also contain facts and history about certain places. There are many kinds of specialized atlases, such as road atlases […]

If you live or work in Green Square, we would love to hear from you about the neighbourhood and the environment. We have made a quick questionnaire, that should only take 5 minutes to complete. The questionnaire uses Google Forms, so you need to be logged in to a google account. The name and photo […]

As part of a panel titled ‘Questioning the Colonial: Three Counter Mapping Practices’ organised by Linda Knight we presented to an international audience very early in the morning (for us). The event was convened by the LivingMaps network as part of the series ‘Front Lines, Back Yards’. LIVINGMAPS NETWORK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013 AS A […]

We are always thrilled when our work has influence and impact. The very talented Bettina Kaiser adapted the Mapping Edges mapping methodology for a Botanicals workshop at the Rizzeria in October 2020. As part of the program at Joynton Avenue Creative Centre the Rizzeria runs creative workshops with the overarching theme of “environment”. During the […]

As part of Melbourne Design Week, we spent some time with sea urchins. In Port Phillip Bay and throughout the East Coast of Australia, the invasive sea urchin species Centrostephanus rodgersii and Heliocidaris erythrogramma have been exploding in numbers. Now, with the helping hand of humans, these native and beautiful yet voracious little creatures have […]