BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news136@forum-basiliense.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250618T171122 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250620T100000 SUMMARY:Presentation: POST-REPRESENTATIONAL CARTOGRAPHY - Exploring The Ro le of Emergent Cartographic Practices In Decolonization And (Re) Establish ing Socio-Spatial Justice DESCRIPTION:This research explores how traditional Western maps have shaped power and inequality in postcolonial Coastal Kenya. It shows that these m apping practices—often seen as neutral or technical—have actually play ed a role in continuing colonial legacies by ignoring or erasing Indigenou s ways of understanding space and place. For many local communities\, this has meant being left out of decisions that affect their land\, culture\, and future. The study offers a new way of thinking about maps—not just a s tools for showing where things are\, but as powerful social and politica l practices. It introduces cartography as something relational and active: a process of working together to create shared understandings of space th at reflect lived experiences\, cultural knowledge\, and community values. This perspective is grounded in a decolonial approach that challenges the dominance of state-driven\, top-down forms of mapping. Working with commun ities in Mida Creek\, Kisiwani Island\, and Lamu\, the research uses creat ive and participatory methods such as counter-mapping\, storytelling\, sou nd-based mapping\, drawing on the ground\, and art-based workshops. These methods centre local voices and knowledges—oral\, sensory\, embodied—t hat are often dismissed by official mapping systems. Together\, these acti vities help communities reclaim their spatial identities and imagine new f utures. This research contributes by offering a critical reconceptualizati on of cartography as a relational\, performative\, and decolonial practice . It shows how alternative mapping can be a powerful tool for justice\, so lidarity\, and healing—helping people resist historical erasure\, share knowledge\, and shape more inclusive and equitable ways of living and gove rning space. X-ALT-DESC:

This research explores how traditional Western maps have shap ed power and inequality in postcolonial Coastal Kenya. It shows that these mapping practices—often seen as neutral or technical—have actually pl ayed a role in continuing colonial legacies by ignoring or erasing Indigen ous ways of understanding space and place. For many local communities\, th is has meant being left out of decisions that affect their land\, culture\ , and future. The study offers a new way of thinking about maps—not just as tools for showing where things are\, but as powerful social and politi cal practices. It introduces cartography as something relational and activ e: a process of working together to create shared understandings of space that reflect lived experiences\, cultural knowledge\, and community values . This perspective is grounded in a decolonial approach that challenges th e dominance of state-driven\, top-down forms of mapping. Working with comm unities in Mida Creek\, Kisiwani Island\, and Lamu\, the research uses cre ative and participatory methods such as counter-mapping\, storytelling\, s ound-based mapping\, drawing on the ground\, and art-based workshops. Thes e methods centre local voices and knowledges—oral\, sensory\, embodied —that are often dismissed by official mapping systems. Together\, these activities help communities reclaim their spatial identities and imagine n ew futures. This research contributes by offering a critical reconceptuali zation of cartography as a relational\, performative\, and decolonial prac tice. It shows how alternative mapping can be a powerful tool for justice\ , solidarity\, and healing—helping people resist historical erasure\, sh are knowledge\, and shape more inclusive and equitable ways of living and governing space.

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