Follow there for the latest news & updates! We’re a cartopological research practice and produce alternative maps and atlases through qualitative fieldwork. Being a ‘Dear Hunter’, referring to the behaviour and methods of hunters, means that we thoroughly immerse in situations in order to understand them completely, mostly by living and working on-site for relatively long periods of time. This met
hod allows us to bridge the gap between streets and policy, people and space, bureaucratic systems and physical living worlds. Our maps are being used in various contexts. Decision makers and city planners use them to get a better understanding of the area they are working on, resulting in designs that are better grounded in its surrounding, or more successful interventions in spaces that lacked quality and livability. We also feel at home at the fringes of the art world. Contributing to exhibitions and international art projects, as well as teaching (fine) art and architecture students about the interaction between people and space. The third context our maps reside in, is Academia. Lecturing, publishing and working on a PhD on cartopology, we are informed (and do inform) scholarly fields such as anthropology, sociology and urban studies. Finally however, We feel most at home in public space. Surrounded by the people who are the reason we make maps in the first place. Working with the users of a space, translating their knowledge into maps. Creating more inclusive, sustainable and pleasant living spaces.
