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1. Ian Cook is a freelance heritage consultant with an extensive background in
preservation and collections management. He has a degree in applied
science (analytical chemistry); was the inaugural director of Artlab Australia,
is an honorary life member of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of
Cultural Material and became a Salzburg Global Fellow in 2009.He is on the
Board of Directors of AusHeritage Ltd and on the UNESCO Australian
Memory of the World Committee.
Ken Taylor AM is an Adjunct Professor in the Research School of
Humanities and the Arts and Program Advisor to Institute for Professional
Practice in Heritage and Arts, the Australian National University; Emeritus
Professor of Landscape Architecture and former Co-Director, Cultural
Heritage Research Centre, University of Canberra; and Visiting Professor
Silpakorn University, Bangkok. He is co-editor of Managing Cultural
Landscapes (Routledge 2012) and New Cultural Landscapes (Routledge in
press).
A Contemporary Guide to Cultural Mapping
An ASEAN-Australia perspective A Contemporary Guide to Cultural Mapping
An ASEAN-Australia perspective
Cultural mapping is the term used to describe the set of activities and processes for exploring,
discovering, documenting, examining, analysing, interpreting, presenting and sharing
information related to people, communities, societies, places and the material products and
practices associated with those people and places. A cultural map may be created as an end in itself
or provide an input into other endeavours. The cultural mapping process may focus on the past, the
present and also the future. In this respect cultural mapping can be used to monitor change in material
culture as well as intangible cultural heritage.
Many methods and technologies are used to create cultural maps, some are simple and ephemeral
such as drawing in the sand. Others use the latest technology to locate cultural phenomenon spatially
using geographic information systems which can be used to produce lasting products such as paper
maps. Whatever methods are used to map culture or cultural products, the form the map most often
takes is a physical one (a list, matrix, chart, diagram, design, website, sound recording, video, drawing,
painting, textile, sculpture or model) where information is gathered, arranged and presented physically
or virtually. In this context the authors use the term map as a mental model and mapping as mental
model making as they explore the body of knowledge associated with this expanding field.
ISBN 978-602-7643-13-0
Ian Cook & Ken Taylor
ASEAN-COCI AusHeritage Ltd