ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on the creative research practices and language of artists should be a prerequisite to understanding intrinsically the multi-modal interface of cultural mapping. It discusses and reflects on work conducted in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, England, France, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, and Japan. The book provides a wide body of methods for dropping attention into the subtle, intricate complexities of the world, experienced through the lenses of artistic practices, which often require a slowing-down and an attending to affective states. It presents an intimate glimpse into the process of developing and communicating the personal connections with specific places. The book describes how domestic spaces come alive with remembered and scripted voices; it presents a methodology for engaging creative writing as a form of map-making.
