Mapmaking @ Redpath Museum

Paper Places - a Mapmaking workshop

(In English)

The “Paper Places” workshop is an introduction to mapmaking, visual art practices and a conversation about the commons. It is also a means to introduce participants to visual facilitation as a teaching and learning method. Through the mapping workshops, visual artist Shane Watt and educator Alex Megelas have explored the ways in which mapmaking, as an art form, can lead to further discussion with children and adults on their interactions with the commons as well as a means to deconstruct societal narratives. In this workshop we will focus on potential space habitats. During the workshop participants will incorporate Shane’s artistic practice of mapmaking as a means of showcasing the ways in which fictional (created) maps can be used to interpret a physical or conceptual locale. They will go through their own process of map creation, and engage with each other regarding the significance of their representations – the places in which they value and how to create a sustainable and liveable future both on earth and in space.