creating sustainable development through geospatial technologies
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Creating Sustainable Creating Sustainable Development Through Development Through Geospatial TechnologiesGeospatial Technologies
Jan [email protected] Independent ConsultantMiddle Tennessee State University
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Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (World Commission on Environment, 1987)
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Marshall McLuhanMarshall McLuhanCanadian media scholar and pop culture Canadian media scholar and pop culture iconicon
Coined the phrase “The medium is the message,” meaning that any media or technology has an effect on its user completely independent of its content (Levinson, 2001).
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McLuhan’s 4 Laws of the McLuhan’s 4 Laws of the MediaMedia
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Manchester EoCManchester EoC
Manchester EoC mapping interface (Kingston, 2007, p.142).
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Participatory 3D Modeling Participatory 3D Modeling (P3DM) (P3DM)
Presentation by Giacomo Rambaldi(Rambaldi, March 2007)
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Ogiek Ogiek Hunter GatherersHunter GatherersFrom the Mau Forest Complex in KenyaFrom the Mau Forest Complex in Kenya
Ogiek Elders posing behind their Participatory 3D Model (Rambaldi, et al., 2007, p.125).
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.” “I learnt that other people of different technologies can help
unearth lost information.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.” “I learnt that other people of different technologies can help
unearth lost information.” “I felt proud of my clan territory being marked out and also the
entire community land.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.” “I learnt that other people of different technologies can help
unearth lost information.” “I felt proud of my clan territory being marked out and also the
entire community land.” “I noticed that if there is a case, I can answer the questions of my
living area because I know my landscape better.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.” “I learnt that other people of different technologies can help
unearth lost information.” “I felt proud of my clan territory being marked out and also the
entire community land.” “I noticed that if there is a case, I can answer the questions of my
living area because I know my landscape better.” “I discovered that we have potentiality of managing of our rivers
and plant trees.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.” “I learnt that other people of different technologies can help
unearth lost information.” “I felt proud of my clan territory being marked out and also the
entire community land.” “I noticed that if there is a case, I can answer the questions of my
living area because I know my landscape better.” “I discovered that we have potentiality of managing of our rivers
and plant trees.” “I discovered that 3D Model help solving dispute/conflicts.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.” “I learnt that other people of different technologies can help
unearth lost information.” “I felt proud of my clan territory being marked out and also the
entire community land.” “I noticed that if there is a case, I can answer the questions of my
living area because I know my landscape better.” “I discovered that we have potentiality of managing of our rivers
and plant trees.” “I discovered that 3D Model help solving dispute/conflicts.” “I learnt that this exercise could be of good help to the future
generation in terms of learning.”
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Ogiek comments after Ogiek comments after PGISPGIS “I felt overwhelmed to see it [our land] brought back.” “We are happy for we have learnt things about our land we had
forgotten.” “I discovered that we can do mapping which we thought we could
not be able to do.” “I learnt that other people of different technologies can help
unearth lost information.” “I felt proud of my clan territory being marked out and also the
entire community land.” “I noticed that if there is a case, I can answer the questions of my
living area because I know my landscape better.” “I discovered that we have potentiality of managing of our rivers
and plant trees.” “I discovered that 3D Model help solving dispute/conflicts.” “I learnt that this exercise could be of good help to the future
generation in terms of learning.” “I feel that these maps can be used by Ogiek people to enhance
their land legal issues.” (Rambaldi et al., 2007, p.125-126)
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CIA produced Map of Kenya CIA produced Map of Kenya 19741974
Ethnic map of Kenya from (Kenya Maps, 1974).
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Benedict Anderson and Benedict Anderson and “Thinking the Nation”“Thinking the Nation”
Anderson argues that print capatalism, and particularly its inception through printing the Guttenburg bible, weeded out fringe language dialects creating large areas of common language that eventually solidified nation state boundaries in Europe (Anderson, 1991).
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ConclusionConclusion
Natural resources do not follow nation state boundaries. Geospatial technologies’ ability to display multiple layers of data including ecoregions, make them powerful tools with respect to sustainable development.
Participatory mapping processes can utilize the universal cross-cultural language of the visual representation of one’s environment to analyze and forecast, explain, promote, and educate about environmentalism and sustainability.
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This presentation is an excerpt from:
From Geography to Mass Communications: A View of Participatory GIS Through the Lens of McLuhan (Cothran, 2008).
The full thesis can be found in the virtual library at www.iapad.org
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