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and a North arrow are also part of such maps. But,

the map does not contain the two people searching

their way and having a drink. The map disregards

all the possible reasons summed up earlier why

the two choose exactly that spot on the Place de

l’église. All the sudden, the map only indicates the

spatial, materialised parts and tends to dismiss

the people making -and using the square. Daily life

does not seem to take part on the map. Where did

that part go? Is someone taking care of it? Who is

interested in daily life realities? Someone with an

anthropological orientation would take place on

the square and observe, participate, bring themself

among the people and tries to gain experiences

there themselves, explore the surrounding, its use

and has informal conversations with the two people

searching the way or having a drink for example. (3)

They would take their notebook and intensively try

to describe what happens. They write, a lot. And

sometimes, among other documentation, a little

sketch accompanies their words. (4) These words

mostly demand to get acquainted with the field in

a linear way as you habitually start on the top left

and end on the bottom right of a page. Back to

the map of the square, where to start reading it?

Where do you end? Which part takes more time

to understand? Maps are made according to a

different set of conventions as writing such as

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