Mapping Egypt

 

Mapping Egypt is a transdisciplinary online platform that aims to open a debate about the graphical representations of Egyptian cities. It looks deeply at maps as modes of representation and mapping as a practice of power. Focusing on the shift from analog authoritative maps of the city to digital crowdsourced ones, this platform is an attempt to put together a multiple perspectives across disciplines like architecture, history of urbanism, spatial politics, media theories and digital humanities. It includes a directory of maps both analog and digital as well as a set of critical essays and projects on maps, mapping, history, data visualization, and the right to knowledge and to the production of knowledge.

 

 

 

 

Editor

Nermin El-Sherif is an architect and a MSc student in the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt. In her thesis she tries to understand how the internet changed the maps of Cairo. In this website she puts parts of her ongoing research between academia and practice. 

Nermin's interest in maps stems from her constant feeling of wilderness and being lost in cities. She believes she need a map.

 

 

Contributions
Mapping Egypt welcomes contributions from all disciplines and non-disciplines on topics related to Egyptian cities and their representations. For more inquiries, please contact:


nermin.elsherif90@gmail.com