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Participatory Mapping on Community Research Workshop

  • David Turpin Building 3800 Finnerty Road Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2 Canada (map)

Thursday, December 19 2024

  • 10:00 AM-1:00 PM PST

  • B323 David Turpin Building (map)

Speaker: Carolina Carvalho

Online Link:

 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoceCgqjgvHtNCN0rYN82muIBOTsBMbWGk

Participatory mapping is the co-creation of maps with the community, using several tools that can be applied in different social contexts. This method can be applied with other participatory methods, complementing and enriching the community-based research approach.

With mapping it is possible to engage different social groups, develop socioenvironmental diagnoses, co-create knowledge for a more sustainable future and impactful products for social transformations. This workshop will cover the basic concepts of participatory mapping, the main tools and case studies as examples of possible applications of the tools presented, as well as a step by step guide to apply the method.

Speaker Bio: Dr Carolina Carvalho is an environmental and urban planner, and participatory mapping specialist. She is currently a postdoc and sessional lecturer at the CBRL, University of Victoria (UVic), Canada. She is also a researcher at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Carolina is founder of Comunidades Vivas - Mapeamento Participativo, a knowledge hub that aims to boost social engagement through participatory mapping in the city planning.