Queering cartographic epistemologies through arts-based and multi-sensory participatory mapping methods

创建酷儿曼彻斯特的反地图这个博士项目寻求探索绘制酷儿空间的新方法，通过一些地图工作坊、锌工作坊和创建酷儿曼彻斯特的声音地图。基于与实践的创造性接触，我将酷儿地理学领域的概念性工作带入与批判性地图学方法论的对话，以产生一套创造性的地图绘制方法。这一方法建立在我的硕士论文项目上，该项目研究了参与性的基于艺术的地图工作坊如何产生更有意义的同性恋空间表示，以及如何使地图成为一种更容易获得和更享受的实践。研究背景我的论文对酷儿地理学和批判性地图学都做出了原创性的贡献-地理学解构了异向正规性，承认了性别的流动性-一种方法挑战了地图是中立的科学文件的想法。虽然“准确的”地图可能对导航有用，但持批评态度的制图者指出，缺乏矛盾或矛盾的空间，让地图制作者在他们可以制作的地图类型上的自由要小得多。这些标准还将制图学的实践限制在那些能够获得制作“准确”地图所需的技术和知识的人。然而，活动人士、艺术家和学者一直在倡导新的测绘方法，允许对空间进行更具想象力的表现。其中许多方法放弃了对地理准确性的需要，而是直接与参与者合作制作新地图。这一运动恰逢人们对绘制酷儿体验地图的想法越来越感兴趣，毫无疑问，社区生成的地图绘制项目Quering the Map的创建激发了人们的兴趣。受这些新的映射方法和酷儿映射的冲击的启发，这个项目将研究基于艺术和多感官映射如何可以用来分层表达酷儿空间的不同方式，包括但不限于可视化。研究问题支持这个项目的三个研究问题：1.创造性的制图方法在提高对酷儿地理研究的参与度方面有多大用处？2.曼彻斯特通过多感官制图方法描绘了哪些酷儿地理？3.这些方法对地图学知识的生产有什么影响？方法论目前的许多关键地图学学术使用数字地图，这往往依赖于需要促进的技术--阻碍了其参与潜力。此外，并不是每个人都能将空间作为一种视觉现象来体验，那些不能体验空间的人往往被排除在地图研究之外。相反，我的目标是利用由参与者设计并针对他们的需求设计的更民主和更容易获得的方法。具体地说，我提出的方法融合了人种学、自动人种学、文本和创造性的方法，以致力于制造东西而不是简单地记录它们为基础。我将举办一些以酷儿地图为主题的锌制作工作坊，以更好地了解在曼彻斯特的酷儿经历，并了解“地图”对参与者意味着什么。然后，我将组织五个地图绘制研讨会，参与者使用拼贴、绘画或建筑模型等创造性技术制作他们自己的非数字曼彻斯特酷儿地图。同时，我将邀请曼彻斯特的LGBTQ+人录制音景，创建一张合作的城市酷儿声音地图。我还将创建一个网站和社交媒体账户，提供有关研讨会和活动的信息，以及带有更新和反思的博客帖子。我将在参与者知情同意的情况下，分享在整个项目中创建的地图和杂志，以便让酷儿社区直接参与其地图的所有权和传播。

Creating counter cartographies of queer Manchester This PhD project seeks to explore new ways of mapping queer space, through a number of mapping workshops, zine workshops, and the creation of a sound map of queer Manchester. Grounded in creative encounters with practice, I bring conceptual work from the field of queer geography into dialogue with critical cartography methodologies to generate a set of creative mapping methods. This methodology builds on my master's dissertation project, which examined how participatory arts-based mapping workshops can generate more meaningful representations of queer space, as well as make mapping a more accessible and enjoyable practice. Research Context My thesis delivers an original contribution to both queer geography - geographical scholarship that deconstructs heteronormativity and acknowledges the fluidity of gender - and critical cartography - an approach which challenges the idea that maps are neutral scientific documents. While "accurate" maps may be useful for navigation, critical cartographers have pointed out that the lack of space for contradiction or ambivalence gives mapmakers much less freedom over the kind of maps they can make. These standards also restrict the practice of cartography to those who have access to the technology and knowledge necessary to make "accurate" maps. However, activists, artists and academics have advocated for new ways of mapping that allow for more imaginative representations of space. Many of these approaches abandon the need for geographic accuracy and involve collaborating directly with participants in the production of new maps. This movement has coincided with an increasing interest in the idea of mapping queer experiences, undoubtedly invigorated by the creation of the community-generated mapping project Queering the Map. Inspired by these new mapping methods and the insurgence of queer mapping, this project will examine how arts-based and multi-sensory mapping can be used to layer different ways of articulating queer space, including but beyond visualisation. Research Questions Three research questions underpin this project: 1. How useful are creative cartographic methods in improving participation in queer geography research? 2. What queer geographies are illustrated through multi-sensory mapping methods in Manchester? 3. What implications do these methods have for cartographic knowledge production? Methodology Much of the current critical cartography scholarship uses digital mapping, which often relies on technologies that require facilitation - hindering its participatory potential. Furthermore, not everyone can experience space as a visual phenomenon, and those who cannot are often excluded from mapping research. Instead, I aim to utilise more democratic and accessible methods designed both by and for the needs of participants. Specifically, my proposed methodology blends ethnographic, auto-ethnographic, textual and creative approaches, underpinned by a commitment to making things rather than simply documenting them. I will hold a number of zine-making workshops on the topic of queer mapping, in order to gain a better understanding of queer experiences in Manchester and to learn what "mapping" means to participants. I will then facilitate five mapping workshops, where participants make their own non-digital queer map of Manchester using creative techniques such as collage, drawing, or building models. Simultaneously, I will ask LGBTQ+ people in Manchester to record soundscapes, to create a collaborative queer sound map of the city. I will also create a website and social media accounts to provide information on workshops and events, and blog posts with updates and reflections. I will share the maps and zines created throughout the project, with the informed consent of participants, in order to directly involve the queer community in the ownership and dissemination of their maps.