Subjective Maps is about people designing their own map of the town they live and work in. People come together in a workshop setting to draw maps, tell their stories and meet each other. The project then produces maps that can be used by others to visit and
navigate the town. Subjective Maps will be collected from six different localities in Malta and Gozo, including Valletta, St Paul's Bay, Ħamr
un, Birżebbuġia, Gżira, Victoria (Gozo).
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The earliest maps were 'story' maps. Cartographers were artists who mingled knowledge with supposition, memory and fears. Their maps described both landscape and the events, which had taken place within it, enabling travellers to plot a route as well as to experience
a story. - Rory MacLean
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The project aims to:
1. Promote the successful integration of minority and non-Maltese nationals in Maltese community.
2. Identify the diversity in place-people relations and to map those relationships people have with the place where they live and where they call 'home'.
3. Capture visual narratives of residents' about their towns and communities.
4. Provide a new representation of the town/village/community that is free of 'cultural' branding that valorises the touristic and heritage value of a place over the individual residents' narratives and routes.
6. Provide a platform where community members meet and discuss their public spaces. Who is it for? The workshops are open to anyone who uses the locality on a regular basis; residents and people who spend a good part of their days in the locality for work or leisure purposes. The participants should ideally represent the community's diversity in terms of ages, nationalities, backgrounds and minorities.
