Academic Ontologies Mapping as Research Strategy

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In this online conversation session of the Academic Ontologies series held on June 25th 2024, the HAB and Fellowship programmes of the IIAS brought in urban researchers Min Tang, Anitha Silvia, and Omar Rodríguez to share their experiences with using maps as a research strategy in Mumbai (India), Surabaya (Indonesia), and Mexico City (Mexico), respectively. • Last year, we discussed the narrative tools of storytelling and place-based belonging as discursive strategies for community enmeshed research. This year, we will focus on the practice of mapping, in its diverse articulations, in particular drawing, walking, and re-reading archival maps. Alternative cartography serves as a valuable resource for artists, scholars, architects and designers to craft maps that reveal hidden narratives and intricate connections between time, space to challenge conventional mapmaking practices and shed light on overlooked or overwritten histories of political and social violence in the making of cities. • About Academic Ontologies • Academic Ontologies is an online conversation series started for students and early career scholars, by the Humanities Across Borders (https://www.iias.asia/programmes/hab) and Fellowship programmes (https://www.iias.asia/fellowships) of the IIAS. Moderated by Academic Director of HAB Aarti Kawlra and IIAS Fellowship Coordinator Laura Erber, our point of departure is the close association between English language and academic excellence, and the colonial language politics that informs and shapes textual production, performance, transmission, and reception, within hegemonic academic publics. • For news on the next Academic Ontologies session, follow the IIAS HAB mailing list at https://www.iias.asia/subscribe. • 00:00 – Conversation Start • 01:36 - Opening Remarks • 07:14 - Mapping the Daily Rites of Plampitan (Anitha Silvia) • 21:22 - Popular Cartography: Rethinking Mapping as Collaborative Knowledge Production Strategies (Min Tang) • 37:45 - Imaginaries, Practices, and the Creation of the Basin-Valley of Mexico (Omar Rodriguez) • 55:21 - Speaker Conversation • 01:19:38 - Open Discussion

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