This 25-min educational
video documentary introduces the
practice of participatory spatial
information management and communication
(PGIS) in the development context. It
has been designed to introduce
development practitioners (technology
intermediaries) to the practice of
demand-driven PGIS.
In this video, PGIS
practice is presented as a continuum
starting from community mobilisation to
project planning and design, choice of
mapping methods and technologies,
visualisation of different technologies
in diverse ethno-cultural and
agro-ecological environments, and
finally putting the maps to work in the
domains of identity building,
self-determination, spatial planning and
advocacy.
Ethics and sound attitudes and
behaviours are emphasized as
cross-cutting imperatives.
