A Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic The lockdown measures in place to manage COVID-19 have left many vulnerable and older people more isolated than ever before. Over 3000 Mutual Aid groups nationally are responding by coordinating volunteers and matching them to requests for support. However, they are often reliant on WhatsApp groups or spreadsheets which …
Feb 10 2020
The Passing of ISPM Advisor Gregory (Greg) G. Brown
It is with great sadness that we received the news of ISPM Special Adviser and scholar Gregory (Greg) G. Brown’s passing on January 2nd, 2020. It has taken us time to gather our thoughts and really reflect on how meaningful Greg has been to ISPM. Greg was a professor at California Polytechnic State University and …
Jan 11 2020
2019 Award Recipient Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho Advocates for Better Urban Planning in São Paulo, Brazil
Every other year, the International Society for Participatory Mapping (ISPM) holds a conference to together scholars, planners and practitioners working with participatory mapping and spatial participatory methods. The Society’s objectives are to encourage and support the development, experimentation, evaluation, and application of participatory mapping methods globally in order to foster interaction and research in this scientific …
Sep 17 2019
Building maps for participatory urban planning with Maptionnaire
By Marena Brinkhurst Cross-posted from the Mapbox blog Maptionnaire is a survey tool built by Mapita that allows cities from Denver to Helsinki to create easy and effective public participation in the urban planning process through web-map surveys. The Mapita team was recently at the International Society for Participatory Mapping conference in Finland, where I …
Jun 13 2019
ISPM Conference goes Live!
Organized for the second time, the International Society of Participatory Mapping (ISPM) conference brings together scholars, planners and practitioners working with participatory mapping and spatial participatory methods. Hosted by Aalto University in Finland, the 2019 conference provides a platform for presenting recent advances within the field of participatory mapping and initiating discussion on the current …
Jun 04 2019
2019 Travel Award Recipient Brings Participatory Mapping to Culebra
Every other year, the International Society for Participatory Mapping (ISPM) holds a conference to together scholars, planners and practitioners working with participatory mapping and spatial participatory methods. The Society’s objectives are to encourage and support the development, experimentation, evaluation, and application of participatory mapping methods globally in order to foster interaction and research in this scientific …
Apr 17 2019
Participatory mapping for socioenvironmental urban governance towards sustainable cities, study case in Guarulhos, Brazil
By Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho (School of Public Health, São Paulo University, Brazil) The postdoctoral research project of Carolina Carvalho, School of Public Health, São Paulo University, supervised by Prof. Dr. Leandro Giatti, participatory mapping to map socioenvironmental important issues in the city of Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil. Guarulhos has 319 km2 of area, a …
Jan 24 2019
The ISPM Welcomes New Members!
Join Us at ISPM Conference Let the people map! Aalto University, Espoo, Finland | 17-19 June 2019 Organized for the second time, the International Society of Participatory Mapping (ISPM) conference brings together scholars, planners and practitioners working with participatory mapping and spatial participatory methods. Hosted by Aalto University in Finland, the 2019 conference provides a …
Dec 13 2018
Suriname community uses new open-source app to preserve storytelling traditions
By Rudo Kemper. Originally posted on Intercontinental Cry. The Matawai of Suriname, a community that once felt forgotten by the rest of the world, is breaking ground by using a new open-source geostorytelling app to create an extraordinary repository of traditional knowledge through oral history storytelling. The goal of the work is to ensure that …
Nov 15 2018
Call for Abstracts: Due 23 Dec 2018
Organized for the second time, the International Society of Participatory Mapping (ISPM) conference brings together scholars, planners and practitioners working with participatory mapping and spatial participatory methods. Hosted by Aalto University in Finland, the 2019 conference provides a platform for presenting recent advances within the field of participatory mapping and initiating discussion on the current …
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