Transhumance Landscapes

This collective mapping exercise was conducted across six selected sites along the transhumance route in the Kakheti region, each reflecting distinct spatial tensions where pastoral movement intersects with various anthropogenic pressures. Participants engaged in detailed field observation, recording specific traces, presences, and disruptions. When layered, these individual mappings formed a composite representation of the current territorial condition—a state of coexistence marked by friction and overlap.

This process revealed nuanced patterns of interaction among conflicting land uses: the encroachment of agricultural development, the presence of informal waste disposal zones, temporary pastoral infrastructures, shifts in vegetative species, and the emergence of new infrastructural corridors. The cartography departs from standardised frameworks or administrative classifications, grounding itself in direct, embodied experience.

The final outcome—a large-scale textile print—functions not as a schematic or abstract diagram, but as a tangible surface reflecting the sites’ layered complexity. It serves both as a record and a tool: a situated document that captures the entanglements of movement, occupation, and transformation shaping these landscapes.