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Andrew Turk has degrees in Surveying, Applied Science (Cartography), and Arts (Psychology Honours and Philosophy major), and a PhD. In the 1970s and early 1980s he worked for the Australian Government producing topographic maps. In 1983 he commenced research at Melbourne University into design of tactual maps and graphics for visually impaired persons. From 1993 he has worked at Murdoch University teaching and researching social aspects of ICT and working with Indigenous communities in Western Australia. His current research and publications concentrate on ethnophysiography (cultural/linguistic aspects of conceptions of landscape and place).