Jun 09 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …