Voice Map Trekking
Loading...
Date
2008-01-21T18:16:26Z
Authors
Klassen, Michael John
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
The site analysis and mapping methods in the design and planning professions follow a standardized quantitative and qualitative analyis of place that favors a design process which can limit creativity and render it difficult to do anything with the normative. This work is an exploration of the development of a design approach and method that uses voice mapping as a basis for design. The voice maps contain oral histories and personal accounts of landscape experiences. Voice mapping is employed not only as a method or for site analysis but also as a generator or ideas.
Voice Map Trekking is explored through a trek in the Canadian Arctic and across the Canadian Prairies. Two specific landscapes were chosen as bases for testing concepts - one near St. Gertrude SK and the other near Morinville AB.
Description
Keywords
oral histories, site analysis, landscape experiences, voices, interactive mappings, Canadian Prairies