Editorial

Abstract

This thematic issue invited contributions that explore place- and sense-based observational drawing as a form of knowledge-making. Drawing is approached as a way of mapping spatial, emotional, ecological, and embodied experiences—producing insights that extend beyond conventional cartography or data visualization.

We welcome practice-based and theoretical contributions that consider drawing as a tool for observing, registering, and thinking through place. The issue encourages cross-disciplinary perspectives, including geography, architecture, environmental studies, and the sciences, while expanding the scope of nature drawing toward a broader understanding of place and experience.

Contributors are invited to experiment with visual essays, hybrid formats, and process-driven work, as well as approaches that engage drawing as an active, situated method rather than a representational outcome.

The issue aimed to foreground drawing as an exploratory, relational practice that produces knowledge through observation, movement, and engagement with the world.