Remapping Places:
Imagining our Past, Present and Future
Symposium
Date/ Time 5 October 2023, 6.00 pm -7:30pm
Location Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane.
This event is FREE and open to the public. There is no booking required, but as places are limited it is advised.
About
To re-map is to engage with landscapes, cities and places in new ways. It can uncover hidden pasts and bring to light emerging connections. Re-mapping can involve a range of activities and mediums including digital and audio technologies, artistic interventions, working practices and much more. It allows us to critically engage with our surroundings, identifying present concerns as well as articulating hopes for the future.
Hosted by UrbanLab Galway, Eugen McKeown, Marcos Dias and Oliver Dawkins discuss the importance of remapping practices among delivery drivers in Dublin, the use of gaming technologies to analyse the built environment and the ways in which we can engage with ecological spaces through sound. Taking place at the Mick Lally Theatre on Druid Lane, the symposium combines reflections on landscape, urban space and everyday life to provoke discussion on how re-mapping can shape the world around us.
Event Organiser
UrbanLab Galway
Marcos Dias, Dublin City University
Marcos Dias is an Assistant Professor and Programme Chair of the BSc in Multimedia at the School of Communications, Dublin City University. He completed a PhD in Media Studies in the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2015 and a MSc with Distinction in Interactive Digital Media from Trinity College Dublin.
Oliver Dawkins, Maynouth University
Oliver Dawkins is currently Creative Technologist on the Data Stories project at Maynooth University. His work focuses on real-time 3D visualisation and interaction using geographic information, IoT sensors and Mixed Realities (AR/VR). Recently he has worked for the UCL Energy Institute and the Connected Environments lab at The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA). Previously Oliver also worked on the Building City Dashboards project in Ireland and participated in the Intel Collaborative Research Institute (ICRI) for Urban IoT at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.
Eugene McKeown, University of Galway
Eugene McKeown is an acoustician. Having held various roles in industry, academia and consulting for forty years, he is now a PhD candidate at the University of Galway studying coastal soundscapes. He has a personal and professional interest in the natural environment and has significant experience on both airborne and underwater acoustics.