In February 2019, I began researching for my dissertation about Harlow’s sculptures as conduits of memory, place-making, and urban subversion of traditional cartographic methods. As the research process took me down multiple dead ends, figuratively and physically, I ended up deciding to incorporate myself into the research experience, demarcating the ephemeral and chaotic nature of knowing space through representation and oral histories. What resulted were eight walking interviews with past and present residents of Harlow, and the development of an intense insight into a diverse and incredibly welcoming group of people in how they perceive, move through, and identify with Harlow’s spatial presence.
As a result, I completed this map of Harlow’s points of interest which did not exist in any other map – the humorous and candid colloquialisms and local knowledge of routes, place names and sculptures which took precedent in my research. Accordingly, this map is a contemplation of this subversive way of knowing place.
My Map of Harlow is now available to purchase on my website as an A2 170gsm poster – at https://bethanelin.bigcartel.com/
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