Counter-cartography can be understood as a political practice of mapping back. Therefore “commoning” cartography is an important act to question dominant power relations. They, for instance, put ownership rights and social norms in their place. Thus, maps are powerful devices in society. Cartography does not exist outside of power structures. They open space for silenced experiences, diverging views and the possibility to engage in a debate around them. Collective critical maps are created in a process of dialogical learning. They often occur as 'cartographic commissions' for activist groups or movements and create visibility for underrepresented struggles. Critical maps can, but do not have to, emerge from a collective process of creation. This tool, based on a toolkit prepared by kollektiv orangotango, contains examples of collective mapping strategies that can be used in urban political struggles, as a group reflection activity, a tool for local intervention or to build collective urban political visions.
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