Mapping Edges is a transdisciplinary research studio that explores the relationships between ecologies, people and the urban environment.
Welcome to the Mapping Edges universe.
ABOUT:
Mapping Edges specialises in place-based design research. We explore and amplify urban ecologies, at a time when the impact of climate change on our cities calls for a better understanding of the relations between people, nature, culture, and urban space
The ‘edges’ in our name refer to the idea of edge or ecotone as a transition zone between different ecosystems. Elements from these ecosystems make edges rich in biodiversity.
As researchers, we work at the ‘edges’ of research disciplines – design research, ethnography and history – and methodologies to cross-pollinate new ideas. We experiment with edges as transition zones between different ecosystems; interfaces between mediums, projects and processes on the margin of activities where it is possible to cross-pollinate and develop alternatives.
OUR TERMINOLOGY:
What are recombinant ecologies?
Recombinant ecologies are ecologies that only exist because of human intervention, either deliberate or inadvertent. In Sydney, for example, recombinant ecologies include the banana, papaya, and dragonfruit plants that populate suburban gardens and verges.
What are civic ecologies?
Civic ecologies are the result of deliberate, actions that make connections between people in a particular place. Community gardens, verges tended by residents, and seed exchanges are examples of civic ecologies. Civic Ecologies can make alliances between country, communities, individuals, organizations, local govt, plants, animals, soil, and water.
Our Projects
The Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecology (2021)
The Green Square Atlas of Civic Ecology aims to produce a map of the civic environmental practices happening within Sydney’s Green Square precinct.
Mapping Marickville (2018)
Marrickville Walks produced a series of print-on-demand booklets about the edible gardens of Marrickville. We explored this environmentally and culturally diverse suburb on foot.
LATESTS POSTS
Ecological art can bring us closer to understanding nature. How does this look in the era of climate change? Topographies at Sydney College of the Arts Gallery. Jessica Maurer Alexandra Crosby, University of Technology Sydney Ecology has always fascinated Australian artists. Think of landscape painters like Arthur Boyd (1920–99), who was inspired by nature and committed […]
