We are thrilled to announce the launch of a special issue of Visual Communication: Recombinant Ecologies in the City. Volume 19 Issue 3, August 2020. The editorial is open access. The contributions to this issue show that experimental visual communication can bear witness to practices and performance of cities by birds, bacteria, plants, atmospheres and people. Visual communication can also generate living archives of recombinant ecologies, contributing to […]

This week’s activity has 2 parts: Part 1: Watch: Plant Maps as Treasure Hunts https://youtu.be/2GE1PH_TQa0 Try to answer these questions: If you are in Australia, what country are you on? If you are not in Australia, what people have lived on the land you are now on? What can a map do, aside from helping […]

Jakarta can feel oppressive for residents and visitors. If you’ve heard stories about the traffic, the reality is much worse. As in any city though, there are many people doing good things. Journalists Fergus Jensen and Rebecca Henshcke have been living in Jakarta for around 15 years. For the last nine of those they have […]