Announcement lecture and workshop "Countering Cartography" by Abdullah Bayyari and Hanna Al-Taher

We warmly invite you to the online lecture and workshop by Abdullah Bayyari and Hanna Al-Taher on „Countering cartography“. The lecture will be held on 9 May 2023 6 pm. and the workshop from 21 until 23 May 2023 6 until 8 pm.

Maps might appear to be accurate and neutral representations of space and place, but in the process of their creation, they often carry with them a violent history of erasure, glossing over personal and collective experiences, as well as social contexts rooted in place and geography.

Countering Cartography is a research and art project beginning with a talk introducing maps as multi-faceted and multi-layered products of colonialism, and tracing the history of mapping and visual representations.

The talk will be followed by a workshop focusing on tools for deconstructing maps, and offers a liberatory perspective for counter-mapping. The workshop invites writers, researchers, and visual artists to work in groups to create works to be shared with the public at a later stage.

The project will be conducted in Arabic.

To register for the talk, please fill in the form here.

For the workshop, please apply here by Thursday, 18 May 2023.

We look forward to your registration, a thought-provoking lecture and workshop, and an intensive exchange afterwards.