Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project

Declining grazing lands threaten the livelihoods of Fulɓe herders in Burkina Faso and other parts of Africa. I used GIS to spatially represent ethnographic narratives about land use and land cover changes. In a place where maps were unavailable or treated as closely held community secrets, I used pa...

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Autores principales: Ilboudo Nébié, E.K., West, C.T., Crane, Todd A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Society for Applied Anthropology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115077
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description Declining grazing lands threaten the livelihoods of Fulɓe herders in Burkina Faso and other parts of Africa. I used GIS to spatially represent ethnographic narratives about land use and land cover changes. In a place where maps were unavailable or treated as closely held community secrets, I used participatory mapping to offer participants the opportunity to control the process and resulting maps. Our project sought to understand environmental challenges from a fine-grained emic perspective using high-resolution satellite imagery and focus groups. I reflect on challenges of conducting fieldwork in one’s home country, which made it easier to build relationships and interact with officials. At the same time, however, I faced the intersecting challenges of “being an outsider and a woman” as I interacted with Fulɓe men and that of being “too educated” in interacting with women.
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spelling CGSpace1150772025-12-08T09:54:28Z Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project Ilboudo Nébié, E.K. West, C.T. Crane, Todd A. pastoralism livelihoods livestock climate change Declining grazing lands threaten the livelihoods of Fulɓe herders in Burkina Faso and other parts of Africa. I used GIS to spatially represent ethnographic narratives about land use and land cover changes. In a place where maps were unavailable or treated as closely held community secrets, I used participatory mapping to offer participants the opportunity to control the process and resulting maps. Our project sought to understand environmental challenges from a fine-grained emic perspective using high-resolution satellite imagery and focus groups. I reflect on challenges of conducting fieldwork in one’s home country, which made it easier to build relationships and interact with officials. At the same time, however, I faced the intersecting challenges of “being an outsider and a woman” as I interacted with Fulɓe men and that of being “too educated” in interacting with women. 2021-01-01 2021-09-21T18:11:58Z 2021-09-21T18:11:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115077 en Limited Access Society for Applied Anthropology Ilboudo Nébié, E.K., West, C.T. and Crane, T.A. 2021. Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project. Practicing Anthropology 43 (1): 25–29.
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livelihoods
livestock
climate change
Ilboudo Nébié, E.K.
West, C.T.
Crane, Todd A.
Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project
title Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project
title_full Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project
title_fullStr Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project
title_full_unstemmed Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project
title_short Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project
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topic pastoralism
livelihoods
livestock
climate change
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