2. Overview
Maps and (critical) collective mapping
Urban situation in Berlin / Kreuzberg
„City Perspectives – Mapping the Kotti Kiez“
Awareness of space & socio-spatial disparities
3. maps...
are generally seen as objective, real and neutral
representations of space
maps never show the reality – you have to
generalize
what is visualized belongs to the person who maps
maps are constructed, they are made by
somebody for some kind of purpose
every map is political
15. Collective mapping
It's a tool to get a collective understandig of a
certain area
Through exchanging different point of views
and knowledge
It was developed to visualize the feelings,
concerns, wishes of those people who have
been traditional excluded from decision making
processes
To show a different reality and to support
struggels of social movements
16. Collective mapping
The method bears a high potential as a non-verbal,
playful and inclusive means of communication and
actions
Both the mapping process and the map itself are of
importance
Collective mapping needs certain circumstances:
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Common territorial space
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a big amount of time
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Pre-existing group-processes
etc.
Collective mapping is nothing more than a tool
17. Urban situation in Berlin
Unique historic situation
Division by the Wall
Kreuzberg was „isolated“ & offered cheap housing
Kreuzberg was formed by immigrants, students,
artists and the political left scene
Multicultural alternative hotspot
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20. Urban situation in Berlin
After the Fall of the Wall Kreuzberg was
suddenly in the middle of the city
Highly attractive for young urban professionals,
tourists and nat. & internat. investors
Dramatic socio-spatial transformation
Rents are rising drastically → gentrification
Upgrading of the area and displacement of
traditional population
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23. Kotti & Co
Local tenant initiative founded in 2011
Organizing demonstrations, seminars,
conferences, socio-cultural events,...
occupied a public space (2012) - gecekondo
Meeting point of the community
in 2013 a youth group was formed
26. „City Perspectives“
Aim: to sensitize young people for social spatial
processes in their daily life environment & to
support them in expressing their concerns & wishes
To strengthen the awareness of their urban
environment
...and the awareness that they can shape their
urban reality
We realize a collective mapping of current urban
development processes in Berlin
27. „City Perspectives“
1st part:
Several workshops where we realize a collective
mapping of the „Kotti Kiez“ and the socio-spacial
processes and structures
- discuss about the content and purpose of the map
- build categories and cluster
- creat symbols and icons
- localize processes in the map
- reflexion of the outcome
30. „City Perspectives“
2nd part:
We want to take elements of the collectively
generated map and transfer them in form of a
big mural on a house wall in Berlin, so that the
image becomes a visible symbol for the urban
struggles in Berlin
31. „City Perspectives“
Challanges:
Getting contact to young people with a kind of
difficult or rather boring sounding method
(mapping)
To use to much academic language and
concepts
Consider special religious or cultural events or
needs