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Who is the community in Community Radio?

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Despite the enthusiasm for community-owned radio, a movement which has been steadily gaining pace since the implementation of new legislation of 2006, we are yet to find an understanding of who the community is in community radio. Through an extended case study, this analysis shows how “community participation” is constantly shifting. It presents three arguments: “community” is not a discrete entity; communities are dynamic; and communities are cognitive constructs.The main point of this paper more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Participatory 3D Modelling of Manus Island, PNG (video)

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Participatory 3D modelling (P3DM) activity supported by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners in 2011 in PNG to help residents of Manus Island map out the terrestrial, coastal and marine resources and to plan for adapting to potential impacts due to climate change.

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Giacomo Rambaldi on March 16, 2012

Community Mapping in Tsunami Affected Areas in Aceh, Indonesia

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A touching 10-minute video production on how community mapping has been used in post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia.The documentary has been jointly produced by the Indonesia Community Mapping Network or Jaringan Kerja Pemetaan Partisipatif (JKPP), and the Center for people Economic Development or Yayasan Rumpun Bambu Indonesia (YRBI).

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Giacomo Rambaldi on February 08, 2010

Upcoming Google Mapping Technology Workshop

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Last year, Google Earth Outreach partnered with the Institute at the Golden Gate to convene 80 environmental leaders spanning 40 organizations and train them how to use mapping technology to create powerful visual messages.You can read more about that workshop in this blog post. The response to last year’s workshop was so overwhelming that the Institute at the Golden Gate has decided to host a second annual workshop.This year, the Institute will bring back trained alumni and several Google more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on February 05, 2012

PPgis.net - Open Forum on Participatory Geographic Information Systems and Technologies on Facebook

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This Facebook page features latest posts dealing with participatory mapping and communication in the development cooperation sector

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Giacomo Rambaldi on January 23, 2011

Training Kit on Participatory Spatial Information Management and Communication

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Co-published by CTA and IFAD, this Training Kit is a unique product that can be tailored to meet your needs, ensuring that your employees get the best training available on Participatory Spatial Information Management and Communication.The Training Kit contains 15 Modules, each presented through a series of Units. Modules cover the entire spectrum of good developmental practice – from mobilising communities to developing a communication strategy based on the outcome of participatory mapping more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on March 04, 2011

Participatory 3-Dimensional Modelling: Guiding Principles and Applications; 2010 edition

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The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) recently released a new edition of the handbook "Participatory 3D Modelling: Guiding Principles and Applications; 2010 Edition”. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) supported its French and Spanish versioning. The documents are now available in three languages as free downloads at high and medium resolutions.Participatory three-dimensional modelling (P3DM) is a participatory mapping method more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on December 03, 2010

Mapping Land, Sea and Culture: an Award-winning Participatory 3D Modelling Process in Fiji

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In 2005 CTA in collaboration with a number of locally based development actors introduced a participatory mapping method known as “Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM)” in the Pacific Region. Activities took place in Levuka, the ancient capital of Fiji. Local residents were struggling with over-exploitation of their fishing grounds by foreign fishing fleets and their rich cultural heritage being hardly transmitted to the younger generations. After months of preparation and consultations on the more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on October 23, 2011

Participatory GIS, Public Participation GIS and Community Mapping Literature

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Exhaustive collection of literature related to Participatory GIS (PGIS), Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) and Community Mapping. The merging of participatory development methods with geo-spatial technologies has come to be known as Participatory GIS and is now an emergent development practice in its own right. PGIS combines a range of geo-spatial information management tools and methods such as sketch maps, participatory 3D models, community-based air photo and satellite imagery more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on September 24, 2009

Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) in Divinubo Island, Philippines

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1:400-scale Participatory 3D Model (P3DM) of the the Municipality of Borongan, Island of Divinubo, Eastern Samar, Philippines (Yr 2007). The model was produced in the context of the Samar Coastal Research for Environment and Development (e-SACRED) project and specifically within the framework of a Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) initiative. The model features the collective knowledge of local residents and representatives from the Divinubo People's Organization, the City more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on January 11, 2010

Close to our Ancestors: Gabon forest peoples map their land (15 min video)

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This video, made in 2010, documents the experience of Babongo and Mitsogho villagers building a participatory three dimensional model (P3DM) of their home territory which includes the Waka National Park in the Chaillu Massif, Ngounié Province. Waka NP is purported to have the highest primate density of any place on Earth, in an isolated mountainous equatorial rainforest threatened by foreign logging concessions. This territory, mostly in Ikobey District, is also home to Babongo "Pygmies", an more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on April 22, 2011

From Community Mapping to Critical Spatial Thinking

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Director of the University of California, Santa Barbara's Center for Spatial Studies, Michael Goodchild discusses "From Community Mapping to Critical Spatial Thinking: The Changing Face of GIS (geographic information systems)" in this National Science Foundation Distinguished Lecture. He discusses how individuals are using distributed, real-time data enabled by social networks to define landscapes that have been suddenly altered by floods, hurricanes and other acts of nature.

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Giacomo Rambaldi on November 29, 2010

Practical Ethics in Participatory GIS (PGIS) practice

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Each profession and culture carries moral parameters and codes of ethics. As Participatory GIS (PGIS) is understood as a multidisciplinary practice it is meant to respond to a blend of different moral rules. Practical ethics for PGIS practitioners, facilitators, technology intermediaries and researchers is intended to provide non-exhaustive guidelines for making appropriate ethical choices for those practicing or wanting to practice PGIS.This guidelines are not meant to be exhaustive, as each more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on October 06, 2009

Using the Geoweb

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Throughout history, mapmakers have been much sought after. They created representations of landscapes that could be used for exploration, military or trade purposes. The maps they drew, however, often only represented the ideas and perspectives of the people who paid for the maps: kings, armies and business leaders. In other words, people who already wielded substantial power.But in the last 15 to 20 years, mapping applications and technology has developed so rapidly that mapmaking has moved more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on July 05, 2010

Participatory 3D Modelling for Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation in Ethiopia

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MELCA Mahiber, an Ethiopian NGO member of the African Biodiversity Network (ABN), facilitated the construction of a large Participatory 3D Model covering 1,575 sq. km (at a 1:12,500-scale) in Bale and West Arsi, Ethiopia. The exercise has been done to assist local communities in planning out a more sustainable management of the area, reviving local bio-cultural diversity and supporting local environmental education.

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Giacomo Rambaldi on July 26, 2009

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