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Bourj Al Shamali map included in

We are super pleased that the map is now part of the collection of the following institutions: The Huntington Museum, CalArts Library, Tufts University, Art Center Library, University of Redlands, The University of Houston, the Getty Research Center  and MIT. This was thanks to Llano del Rio collective that included us in their collection. Information below of all those included and the project.   Fellow Communards & Communal Fellows is a…

The official launch of the Bourj Al Shamali paper map!

We finally did it!  The map was officially launched on 25th January 2019 at Bourj Al Shamali’s Al Houla library and people LOVED the map! It was a really really great day and all of us who worked on the project were so chuffed to see the positive response. We printed 2,000 copies and many people dropped by to get a copy of the map. Mustapha gave a talk explaining…

We have a map & Beirut Design Week!

Apologies for the silence but we have been busy working away and participatory processes have been time consuming! The good news is that we have a map! So here is an update on some of the things we have been up to: – We now have the map that has been revised by many. Producing something like this for a community of 22,000 people has meant having to involve many…

Exhibition and Mapping Workshop

Here is an article that Firas Ismail wrote for Public Lab about our exhibition and mapping workshop: On 4 -5 February, an exhibition of our balloon mapping project took place in Al Hula Association in Bourj Al Shamali refugee camp. The exhibition was divided into several sections with different themes and information. At the entrance, the exhibition had a small survey for visitors who came to see the exhibition. The…

A talk at M Pavillion

We are super excited to have been invited to give a talk with Assemble Papers about our mapping project at M Pavillion in Melbourne. We will be connecting by Skype from Lebanon. MPavilion is an event hub, a meeting place, a temporary landmark, a spontaneous detour and a starting point. From October 2016 to February 2017 they are collaborating with thinkers, doers and makers to bring to Melbourne a free four–month program…

Balloon Mapping Guides in Arabic and German

During our stay in Berlin, key in our work was increasing awareness of balloon mapping and our work at Bourj Al Shamali. For this purpose, we are very pleased to have translated Public Lab’s balloon mapping guide into Arabic and German. These are now available under a creative commons license in Public Lab’s webpage. We are very grateful to the Andrea von Braun Foundation who supported our stay in Berlin,…