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A book! A comic! A hybrid-book-comic-essay thing!
You know how you sometimes only look at the pictures when you buy an academic book? Well here you are ENCOURAGED to! The main arguments are in the comics, the text offers references, methods & background.
Available from EPFLPress & soon internationally via Chicago University Press (pre-order available).

#academicwriting #geography #history #borders #comics #comicstudies #visualmethods #walking

One more step in the long story: unboxing the English-language book born out of this slow wander Along The Line!

#comics #comicstudies #visualmethods #geography #history #socialscience #academicwriting

I’m doing a panel with another author next week at a book festival, putting our two books side by side along the common thread of “borders” (my comic, his travel journal). I’ve had such fun drawing 6 panels trying to build thematic & visual bridges. Thinking through comics is so productive for opening up dialogues. (Ha! I hope this actually works in practice on a stage, however…)
#comics #visualMethods #comicsstudies #geography

An image of a person standing by a border stone, looking away, in muted colours. French text referring to the theme of borders & violence in reference to two books.

From photo to comic, one line at a time. It's fun to return slowly to each page, now that the book is finished and soon heading off to press, out on 15th november 2024. I will soon share the cover design, currently being magic-ed up by the graphic designer based on some of my drawings.
#Bornées #borders #geography #visualMethods #comics #frontières #douane #Perly #Perly-Certoux

A line drawing, with colour, of a border post. A scrunched-up Swiss flag is visible to one side, but otherwise it's a sort of 1920s-style building.

The photo of the place drawn in the previous image, starkly blueish-green in hue, showing the border post and a modern 1960s or 1970s roof over the road.

I don’t think I ever shared that we walked the border stretch near Cara 🇨🇭/ Carra 🇫🇷 a few weeks ago, did I? (Clearly this is news that the fediverse has been waiting for with baited breath😛!)
I love it when the 2 countries can’t even agree on spelling for place names: the near-abroad is made subtly more Other. Several great border stones and border infrastructure to keep me amused on these last steps of our epic & mundane slow walking adventure. #borderWalk #border #geography #visualMethods

A Swiss / French border stone showing the Geneva shield of an eagle and key engraved next to a rusting barrier. A house is in the background.

A border stone in the foreground showing the wiggly line on top that indicates that the border follows the road (entirely in France here)

The other side of the border stone, showing the Sardinian heraldry, now part of France, with a large house in the background. This site was much used in WWII as a point for smuggling refugees- Jewish & others - into Switzerland.

One of the gorgeous early 20thC Swiss customs buildings designed by Marc Camoletti, now transformed into a private dwelling.

The teaser flyer for the French version of my comic that was born of the visual ethnography of the 🇨🇭 🇫🇷 border is out, aimed at an audience of comic-lovers, and local history/geography/urban planning folks.
The English version of the same comic ("Along the Line") is interwoven into a "serious" social science academic book, looking at the theory (territory/borders/infrastructure), methods and ethics of the project.
#comics #geography #visualMethods #history #histoire #histoireSuisse #localhistory

Flyer for the book "Bornées: une histoire illustrée de la frontière", by Juliet Fall, with a description in French

Two pages of the comic are laid out, with a short accompanying text

Happy to be presenting my book & comic project tonight at the University of Cagliari, during an interdisciplinary seminar as part of my Visiting Professorship.
As I've been spending the past few days translating the 'comic' section of it into French from the original English, and will be presenting this in Italian, it really makes me think about how language shapes how we think and write about the world, beyond images. #geography #visualMethods #ethnography #history #comics #bandeDessinée

First slide of a presentation, written with the title in Italian (Graphic narrative as creative research method), about the book "Along the Line" by Juliet Fall. Three drawn images of a covid virus, a globe and a young child sitting on a borderstone, in black, red and white images.

Slide showing the three sections of the book, 1. Locking the line; 2. Making the line; 3. Holding the line; each with a choice of drawing to illustrate the theme. The first shows a fence used; the second a hand holding a historic map; and the third shows workers laying a border stone.

I'm delighted to be back in Cagliari as Visiting Professor to teach about graphic narrative, comics and creative methods, to 1st-year geography students, & to give a narrative methods class to students of architecture. Exploring the city on foot in the bright sunshine is a delight. An inspiring place, beautiful in its diversity, and with exceptionally welcoming colleagues.
#VisitingProfessor #Unica #academiclife #academicWriting #geography #visualmethods #academiclife

A sign at the entrance of the campus of the university of Cagliari. The sign is rather scruffy, with stickers and tags all over it, but you can make out the Facoltà di Lettere in the list. The landscape behind is mediterranean trees, in bright sunlight, already looking dry despite it being only early Spring.

A view of the old town, taken from below. The foreground is a line of Italianate villas, looking rather fancy and freshly painted. The background, above, shows the jumbled houses of the old town along a cliff, near the castle. Pale pastel colours, in a sunny sky.

The first slide of a Powerpoint presentation, in Italian, announcing the title of the first lecture on "Scrivere con le immagini in geografia e nelle scienze sociali" or writing with images in geography and social science.

We joined up with the border & continued upstream, along the river Hermance. The border now runs down the middle of it here (here it was formerly along the talweg, i.e. following the deepest bit of the river bed). It is a picturesque and languid river meandering in a rural landscape punctuated by the usual border infrastructure: border stones, disused border guard buildings and rusting signs and fences. #borderWalk #geography #switzerland #visualMethods #visualEthnography #walking

French walking signpost at the Pont de Crevy at border stone (“borne”) 216 in a strip of trees by the river. No leaves on the winter trees.

A border stone un the foreground, next to an old stone bridge. The Swiss old border guard’s house is visible in the background

The typical 1910 architecture of the Swiss border post houses, designed by Marc Camoletti

Border stone 2016b, in the mud by the river Hermance

Issue 9.2 includes a #ThematicCollection on #STSInnovation #innovationstudies across #transnational landscapes ++ research article on #VisualMethods+#COVID19: https://bit.ly/3NV4979

*EXTRA* #pedagogy + #supplemental material on #STSInfrastructures: https://bit.ly/4aNbyPF

Red brick wall with the word 'new' painted in white. Photograph by Nick Fewings under an Unsplash free licence: bit.ly/3RNIuih

Sometimes, my walks lead to unexpected marvels. It started out today as a quest to find old border buildings near Moillesulaz (🇨🇭) / Moëllesulaz (🇫🇷) but they were all apparently flattened & replaced with a shiny new (& super useful!) cross-border tram & modern blocks of flats or administrative buildings. So, a frustrating start if nostalgia is your thing. But what happened next will surprise you, as they say... #BorderWalk #geography #border #borderStudies #visualMethods #SlowScholarship

An old 1940s (?) postcard showing the French « Douane » building in Moëllesulaz (Note the French spelling of the name). The tram runs down the centre of the street.

The same location as the previous photo, in which the road has been hugely broadened with new tram lines separated from the road traffic

The border first followed a stream, then a series of extremely muddy canals dug through the boggy forest. We walked very slowly, hopping from log to log, as the paths turned to brooks and the stones became islands, fired on by our delightfully pointless quest to find all the stones. Geneva felt like an island surrounded by boggy lands.
A lovely day in the sun with three of us walking for a change, fired on by biscuits and chocolates. #borderWalk #geography #riverBorder #mosstodon #visualmethods

Border stone 165 in the glowing sun, next to a very muddy stream. Beautiful moss growing on the limestone. The letter G for Geneva is visible on one side, and the number on another.

Another border stone by a path of water in the winter woodland, with number 168 on one side.

Yet another stone by a stream, with a large S on one side (Savoie). The stone is standing in water, as the whole landscape is boggy.

The border stone is actually surrounded by water on all four sides, as the river has carved around it. The border passes through the middle of the stream.

Term-time is ended, the archives are closed, and we are back outside celebrating the beginning of the holidays by walking! Walking the wiggly borderlines along the Foron river, where the border is unusually not in the middle of the stream but along the right (Swiss) bank. France has full rights over the water. Interestingly, 🇨🇭and 🇫🇷 haven’t formally agreed on the exact location of the border here and discussions are ongoing. #Borderwalk #geography #borders #frontières #visualMethods

Map screenshot showing Villette and the border along the Foron.

Birderstone 99 on one side of a bridge, with a wiggly line on top indicating that the river follows the stream.

Information sign about the practical effects of the border on local farmers

French sign saying “Service Fiscal attention passage interdit” and assorted barriers stopping vehicular passage, but open to pedestrians

More archive work today, seeing the original documents & accompanying maps of the Treaty of Turin establishing part of what is now the 🇨🇭🇫🇷state border, formerly Geneva & Savoie/Sardinia. Just gorgeous to see it in person, and wander across the pages. Although these docs have been scanned, seeing them in person and gazing at them at an angle, allows you to see the amazing artistry (those little tree shadows!). #oldMaps #visualMethods #visualArchives #Geography #politicalGeography #borders

An extract of a hand painted watercolor map from 1816 showing the border area passing through the village of Soral.

Map extract showing lots of tiny hand painted trees in small groups, with amazing detail.

The original Treaty of Turin, bound in parchment paper with a special seal dangling from it in a silver box and tassels. The author’s hand is visible.

Sunday morning wandering and cycling around between past and present, in slight drizzle, chasing border stones & French boulangeries.

In case you missed it, a short comic stemming from this walking & drawing border project is mentioned here: https://mastodon.social/@JulietJFall/111427226794927481

#BorderWalk #geography #politicalGeography #VisualMethods #Borders #Borderstudies

An old early 20th Century postcard showing the border post in Saint Julien near Geneva, in black & white. The hand holding the postcard is photographed.

The same place as the previous image, only photographed today.

Swiss/French border stone 62A at the Bardonnex motorway border passage point, photographed close up, showing the card Geneva flag on one side.

Swiss/French border stone 61A near to the Bardonnex motorway border passage point, in the woods, covered in light lichen. It dates to 1993 when the border was moved to allow for the construction of the new motorway. The side showing the letter S, for Switzerland, is visible. Autumn leaves rest on the ground.

A four-page comic exploring borders, home and belonging, in a special issue on Counter/cartographies in the journal "You are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography", ed. by Eden Kinkaid &
Cassidy Schoenfelder.
(Reference: Fall, J.J. 2023 Beating the bounds. "You are Here: The Journal of Creative Geography". Vol. XXIV; 22-24.)
Full open-access issue: https://lnkd.in/eG4z4zJC
#comics #borders #borderstudies #creativeGeography #politicalGeography #visualMethods #Writing #feministGeography

beating the bounds by juliet jane fall
THE SWiSS STATE REDREW ALL MAPS CLOSING INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, RESTRICTING ENTRANCE.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR WORLD SHRINKS?
WE WERE TOLD TO STAY HOME TO BE SAFE, BUT MY HOME HAS ALWAYS BEEN AS MUCH A LANDSCAPE AS a BUILDING. I STARTED COMPULSIVELY CYCLING AND WALKING, OBSESSED ABOUT D THE BORDERS, TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE NEW GEOGRAPHICAL REALLTY, DRAGGING FAMILY MEMBERS ALONG

Black and white line drawings of two people on a bike, and map outlines as background.
Text: « BEATING THE BOUNDS » IS AN ANCIENT CUSTOM, OBSERVED IN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES THAT INVOLVES TOURING LOCAL LANDMARKS EVERY FEW YEARS AND SWATTING THEM WITH BRANCHES OR STICKS TO MAINTAIN A SHARED MENTAL MAP OF PARISH BOUNDARIES.
ARMED NOT WITH COMMUNITY BUT WLTH MAPS, PHONE APPS, GUIDEBOOKS, ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS, HISTORICAL TREATIES, BLOCKS AND FENCES, WE BEAT OUR BOUNDS.

Image shows a line drawn moveable fence with red and white plastic tape, as though stretching over a map. The state border is marked in red, and the part across the border, in France, is faded and hard to see.
GEOGRAPHERS TAUGHT US THAT BODIES CONNECT THE GLOBAL AND THE INTIMATE. SO WE TRIED THINKING THROUGH OUR MOVING BODIES, MAPPING OUR CHANGING WORLD, EXPERIENCING NEW DIVISIONS AND CONNECTIONS IN THE LANDSCAPE. WE REDREW OUR MENTAL MAPS, FOLLOWING THE LINES.

Image shows two people on bicycles, drawn from the back, as they contemplate a closed road, barred by large concrete blocks. Lower down, a girl blows bubbles across a fence. The bubbles turn into red dots on a map, showing the closed and open border passage points attached to a no entry road sign.
MAYBE WE HAD NEVER TRULY EXPLORED OUR WORLD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. MAYBE WE HAD JUST TAKEN OUR MOBILITY AND PRIVILEGE FOR GRANTED AND HAD SIMPLY ACCEPTED THE LINES DRAWN ON OFFICIAL MAPS? THE CRISIS RESHAPED OUR LANDSCAPES TEMPORARILY CLOSING, THEN REOPENING, THE BORDER CROSSINGS. IT MADE US WANT T0 GO AND BEAR WITNESS. IN DOING S0, THE LINES REDREW US.
THREE YEARS LATER, OUR BODIES ARE STILL BEATING, MAPPING OUR LIVES AND LANDSCAPES ALONG THE LINES.

Am working with a PhDer keen to create a visual/sensorial #thesis investigating the aesthetics of Pentecostal imagery (Religious Studies). Their supervisors aren't 'keen'.

Any examples/advice I can share with them?

#AcademicChatter #ResearchWriting #VisualMethods #CreativeMethods #PhDLife #AcWri

Not walking today, but exploring the state archives, and the Mappe Sarde dating back to when parts of what is now the Canton of Geneva where part of other kingdoms. Just beautiful to see the mini painted landscapes, in still-fresh watercolours, showing places we have walked. #geography #borders #visualMethods #maps #oldMaps

Extract of old 18th Century map from the Archive d’Etat du Canton de Genève

The original map from which the first image was copied, from Geneva state archive

The title of the 1744 map, showing the spelling St Jullien in pink and blue watercolours

1970s TV archive on the Swiss border and border guards in Geneva, and on how rivers and bodies of water were used to help trace the borderline (weren't TV programmes slow paced back then? Rather refreshing!): https://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/information/la-suisse-est-belle/11280287-geneve-frontiere-deau.html
#geography #borders #frontiers #visualArchive #visualMethods #Genève #douaniers

A new article examining COVID-19 testing situations - moments in which it is no longer possible to go on in the usual way - on Twitter published in Social Media + Society, co-authored by @NoortjeMarres @gabrielecolombo @lbngr @jwyg Carolin Gerlitz & James Tripp.

https://publicdatalab.org/2023/09/25/covid19-testing-situations/

#sts #feministsts #methods #visualmethods #commodon #socialmedia #covid19 #testing #situationalanalysis #situationalimageanalysis #testingsituations #nolongerpossibletogooninusualway

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