Cultural Mapping: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches

Cultural mapping is an emergent field of inquiry which investigates how places accrue significance and meaning through movement and time, local practices, narratives and relationships.

In this cross-disciplinary seminar, speakers will share how they approach cultural mapping in their own research.

Speakers:

Pip Thornton - On the Wisdom of Algorithmic Markets: Knowledge production in Google’s search and advertising platforms

Niki Vermeulen - Curious Edinburgh: Making History Matter

Orian Brook - Distributive Justice and Cultural Mapping: Understanding the Relationship Between Opportunity Structures and Social Stratification of Culture

James Loxley - Literature and Cultural Mapping

Chair: Morgan Currie

The seminar talks will be followed by a drinks reception.