Jiří Pánek, landfræðingur og sérfræðingur í landupplýsingafræðum við Palacky-háskóla í Olomouc, Tékklandi, heldur erindi um efni sem nýtur vaxandi athygli: Þátttöku almennings í landupplýsingakerfum og kortagerð um mál sem varða eigin hagsmuni.
Abstract:
Creating community maps has an empowering effect on participating members of the community. Since it gives people an opportunity to think spatially about their environment, the process of creating a community map triggers feelings of being literally put on the map, belonging to the community and having ownership of the empowering process. The sense of ownership sparks empowerment and actuates the momentum for sustainable development — driven and run by the community, as it comes from within the community itself. The lecture will explore trends in GeoParticipation - methods how communities can be involved in creating maps that help them advocate about their environment and living space.
About the speaker:
Jiří Pánek holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Geography and GIS from the Department of Geoinformatics and PhD from the Department of Development Studies, both Palacky University in Olomouc. His research is focused on GIS in development cooperation and humanitarian aid, with main focus on Participatory GIS (PGIS/PPGIS). He has experienced mapping in Kenya and South Africa, he studied community development in India and currently he serves as an editor-in-chief of GISportal.cz and technical editor of Development, Environment and Foresight journal.
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http://geoparticipation.wordpress.com