ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the potential that each of the two broadly identified approaches have for mapping the memories of exiles through a three-phase project. The first phase focused on methodological aspects of the transformation of memories – narrated as life stories – into conventional cartographic data structures and symbologies. In the second phase, these digital maps were put into conversation with the original authors of those memories. The final phase consisted of a series of alternative mapping workshops in which exiles were invited to work in close collaboration with artists and cartographers to co-create their own life story map. The chapter concludes by discussing the process and results of these three consecutive exercises and interpreting the observed experiences of storytellers and how they relate to broader, more collective spatial narratives about exile.
