GRAPHIC SPECULATION
Pursuing my intentions to devise a system of mapping that finds its roots in not a selective view of the Versova Koliwada and the Malad Creek but in the relationships and adjacencies within the urban ‘edges’ at multiple scales, this chapter aims to highlight a speculative technique of mapping. I began with a diagrammatic representation of the actor-network within this space. I do concede that my interpretation of these spaces might not be completely accurate but rather a speculation mainly produced from my experiences and the understanding of such urban conditions which I have developed through the course of this investigation. With this in mind, the diagram and the following mapping technique is an attempt based on certain parameters that I set for myself and what I wanted to achieve. The experimental technique of hand drawing the mapping of the area in question is meant to be something teachable and repeatable
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amongst various demographies who want to be more involved in the re-imagination of the spaces that they live and work in. The fluidity of a physical process allows for the representation of a multiplicity of viewpoints and narratives which I believe would provide a holistic view of the spaces in question, as well as the evolving relationships amongst them. Before the execution of my map, I will look into ways that similarly complex spaces have been mapped before as case studies to serve as examples and influences on the scale and level of detail that I aspire to achieve or surpass. My produced drawing will not replicate these case studies but rather use them as reference points in execution and ideology.
