Drawn to Scale: Mapping Operations in Racialized Landscapes

This paper traces mapping activities for a small museum of African-Nova Scotian heritage. Drawing from James Corner’s taxonomy of mapping operations, the project leverages form and composition in mapping practice for design generation in racialized landscapes. This analysis frames an understanding of the capacity of mapping operations to assist agency in civic discourse through its construction of visibility and spatial-temporal connection. This capacity informs the project’s mapping activities: projective acts which simultaneously prefigure design interventions for an interpretive landscape while serving as instruments for community discourse, visibility, and engagement.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.106.50

Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg

ISBN
978-1-944214-15-9