All Mapped Out: A new book about maps and digital mapping transitions

Today Reaktion Books published All Mapped Out, by Mike Duggan All Mapped Out is a unique approach to maps, exploring how they have shaped society and culture. Maps go far beyond just showing us where things are located. All Mapped Out is an exploration of how maps impact our lives on social and cultural levels. …

Call for Papers: The Infrastructures of Socio-Ecological Knowing in the City

Abstract Deadline: 14th December 2023 We invite you to our workshop on ‘the infrastructures of socio-ecological knowing in the city’ that will take place on the 11thJanuary 2024, at King’s College London. The output of this workshop will be proposed as a special issue, which will be submitted in late Spring of 2024. Contributors to the workshop …

Outsmarted? A creative methods toolkit for developing collective intelligence around the ‘digital city’

Dr Giota Alevizou and Dr Mike Duggan Student experience in a digital city  UK universities are an increasingly popular choice for international students, especially those seeking to experience life in multicultural, diverse centres indeed global cities such as London. Nonetheless, getting used to life in large diverse urban settings is not without its challenges. Several studies have reported …