At the centre is the question the symposium set out to test: if, when and how could Endarkened Co-Composition work in clinical research across gynaecology, obstetrics and reproductive justice? Every other mark on the map is a way into that question.
Where a question sits
The four quarters are sites, the places the research would actually happen: the clinic (hospitals, surgeries, maternity wards), the community (organisations, homes, advocacy), archive and memory (history, story, speculation) and the academy (universities, training, research culture).
A question on or near a dividing line belongs to both sites. Trust in migrant maternity care, for example, lives between the clinic and the community.
The inner ring holds questions about Endarkened Co-Composition itself, about data, time, audience and ethics. Every site depends on them, so they sit closest to the centre.
The rim holds tensions: places where we disagreed, or where the method meets resistance.
The outer orbit holds tangents: ideas, histories and practices raised on the day that aren’t research questions but shouldn’t be lost.
What the marks mean
Written on the day. A question a participant wrote on the shared board during the symposium.
Emerged in discussion. A question raised aloud on the day and worded from the transcript. Provisional until its contributors confirm it.
Seed example. The worked example used to show how a card is filled in. Open to correction.
Project strand. A question already being pursued within the project.
Tension. A disagreement, uncertainty or pressure on the method. Sits on the rim.
Tangent. An idea, history or practice worth keeping that isn’t itself a research question. Orbits outside.
Smaller marks on the inner ring are questions about Endarkened Co-Composition itself. They use the same fills as above.
What the lines mean
Solid lines join questions that share a concern. Select a question to read why.
Rust dotted lines run from a tension to the questions it pulls on.
Olive dashed lines tie a tangent to the questions it speaks to.
Position is not a ranking. Nearness to the centre says what kind of question it is, not how important it is. A question with many lines is one that many others lean on, which often makes it a good anchor for a study.
Using the map
Select any mark (click, tap, or press Tab then Enter) to open its card. Everything not connected to it fades back, so you can follow one thread at a time.
Read the card. Each card gives the full question, where it would run, what Endarkened Co-Composition adds, what it would need on paper (ethics, funding, evidence), who it needs, and its risks. Gaps are marked “still to develop”.
Follow a connection by selecting it in the card’s “Connected to” list.
Switch layers on and off with the Connections, Tensions and Tangents boxes above the map. Tangents start hidden; tick their box to see them.
Select a contributor’s initials to outline everything they raised. Select them again to clear.
Select the centre to return to the overview.
On a phone, or if you’d rather read than look, open “Every card as a list” under the map. It holds every card, grouped by site, and opens by itself on phones.
What this map is, and isn’t
It is a working record of a collective conversation, drawn from what was written and said at the symposium. It is not a finished agenda, a ranking, or a set of commitments. Questions that emerged in discussion are worded from the transcript and stay provisional until the people who raised them confirm the wording. The map will change as co-authors add, refine and refuse.