I am a PhD candidate at Edinburgh University in the programme of Landscape Architecture. After completing my Ma Architecture in 2014, I collaborated in urban research projects with multidisciplinary teams from sociologist, economist and geographers, where I learned different methods for conceptualising territorial and spatial issues. That experience consisted of participatory urban design processes, community engagement, participatory planning, regional assessment and national monuments conservation.
In January 2017, I came to Edinburgh to complete an MPhil in Landscape Architecture. For the last two years, I have been a Research Fellow at CDCS (Centre for Data culture and society) for the research project 'The cultures and the community mapping project’, directed by Dr Morgan Curie. At this project, we have composed an online map of Edinburgh Cultural Spaces, alongside workshops, interviews and involvement with artists and community organisations in the city.
These experiences have allowed me to evidence the role of mapping as potent processes, influencing the perception of space. From here is where I want to contribute to equality and accessibility, and balancing power of unrepresented and minority groups through maps. I also intend to transfer this approach to students, not only from a theoretical perspective but also through teaching the skills in terms of software and new developments in a world moving forward an online interface.
