Women as Mapmakers: Gender and Empowerment in Participatory Mapping

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dc.contributor.authorChristie, Maria Elisaen
dc.contributor.authorLuebbering, C.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:30:42Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:30:42Zen
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.description.abstractParticipatory mapping, one of the most widely used participatory research techniques, has been cited as a viable means for women to express their spaces and resources. But to what extent has gender, and women in particular, been incorporated into participatory mapping research? This paper explores gender in the participatory mapping literature and contemplates women’s empowerment through participatory research experiences working with women and men farmers in the developing world. In the literature overview, this paper considers examples of both the acknowledgment and absence of gender analysis in participatory research, as well as gender resource mapping and research topics focusing exclusively on women or on men. Overall, while gender is included in some participatory mapping work, it deserves greater consideration in future research. Based on field work in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia, the authors conclude that participatory mapping provides opportunities for semi-literate or illiterate women to contribute their knowledge and perspectives to development research projects as well as providing pedagogical opportunities for action research. Understanding gendered roles and spaces can contribute to improved understanding of social, cultural, economic, and environmental issues.en
dc.description.notesCCRA-7 (Gendered Knowledge)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier5035en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, 12-16 April 2011en
dc.identifier.other5035_FinalPresentationMEC_AAG_SeattleDraft4_1.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70232en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSoilen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectParticipatory researchen
dc.subjectQualitative methodsen
dc.subjectMappingen
dc.subjectWomen's empowermenten
dc.subjectCultural and political ecologyen
dc.subjectDevelopmenten
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleWomen as Mapmakers: Gender and Empowerment in Participatory Mappingen
dc.typePresentationen
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