Mumtaz Hammad is a trans-disciplinary scholar, audio designer, poet, and urban planner. They hold an M.S. in Urban Planning from GSAPP at Columbia University, after receiving their previous M.A. in South Asian Studies from UT Austin.
Their work engages with spatial justice, nightlife design, intercultural planning, liquid infrastructure, and how cultural spaces are located and interpellated in processes of urban planning.
Their writings have been previously published in EFNIKS, Spy Kids Review, URBAN Magazine, Cordite Magazine, and Rest for Resistance. CV may be provided upon request.
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FINAL FOR GIS FOR DESIGN PRACTICES: CRITICAL CARTOGRAPHIES OF SOUTHERN CULTURES - ARCHIVING CULTURAL SPACES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
Digital Atlas
Presented December 2024
“Critical Cartographies of Southern Cultures” is an ongoing virtual atlas project, developed to visualize and spatialize contemporary cultural spaces in Austin, Texas (Somi’sek). The spatial precedent for this dataset was the CAMP study conducted by the City of Austin in 2018.
The data provided by city databases are not just points represented on a geographic information systems model. Rather, these are spaces where relationships form, where ideas are shared, where kinship is cultivated through sharing a culturally significant space. By examining spatial representations of cultural spaces, we can begin to understand planning pathways to bolster and sustain their material presence for generations to come.
More information and data sources listed on the website.
Due to the layout and level of detail on the maps, the site is best viewed on a desktop.