Design Space in Cartography: Outlining a design perspective in critical analysis of peace and conflict visualisations.

This paper will present the approach and first findings of a research project on multi-perspective peace and conflict cartography conducted within the research network "Cooperation and Conflict in Eastern Europe" (KonKoop)1. The author is part of a visualisation lab connected to this network which explores maps and geovisualisations in the context of how peace and conflict are perceived, articulated and negotiated via spatial representations. This means looking at how maps produce, represent and interpret different positions in conflict and cooperation, but also thinking about how different spatial and temporal perspectives are experienced and mediated. The research takes up the approach of critical cartography and systematic analysis of conflict visualisations to gain an understanding of how they are produced within specific regimes and technologies of visibility, truth and world-making. Analysis insights will provide key inputs for prototyping visualisation methods and tools for articulating the spaces of peace and conflict by experimenting with diverse media and design approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]