Erehwon was a practice-led research project, that explored the design of digital maps as enabling and supporting tools for socio-political interventions, done by citizens, activists and artists, in the digital and physical public space. Developed through an interdisciplinary collaboration between Aesthetics, Performance studies (Dr Beatriz Cantinho) and myself as Interaction Designer, and grounded on a collaborative design approach, the project is creating an online platform which has at its center an interactive digital visualisation of the different projects that have been added showing details for each project and the connections between them. Erehwon was designed as a shared digital public space that intended to be a hub for the people who initiate these interventions, a digital commons. The design of the platform was informed by workshops with activists, artists, designers and anyone interested and took place across Europe between 2016-2018. The platform is open source with the code available on my GitHub page. I would love to resurrect this project if anyone is interested in helping with the development.​

- Dima M., Cantinho B. 2018. Erehwon: A Digital Platform for Empowering Sociopolitical Interventions in Public Space‘, in Peeren, E., Celikates, R., de Kloet, J., Poell, Th. (Eds.) ‘Global Cultures of Contestation. Mobility, Sustainability, Aesthetics & Connectivity’, Palgrave Studies in Globalization, Culture and Society 2018, Palgrave McMillan, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-63982-6