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Participatory countermapping in defense of life and territory. Participatory research methods for sustainability ‐ toolkit #15

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Participatory countermapping is both a fundamental research method and a political tool to support the struggles of marginalized communities, their territories, and livelihood systems. Through the collaborative creation of maps grounded in lived experiences and territorial knowledge, this methodology directly contrasts hegemonic cartographic discourses that have historically erased identities, memories, and living geographies. As a transformative tool, countermapping visualizes territorialities, strengthens processes of resistance, supports political claims, and reaffirms community knowledge in the face of extractivism and the ongoing coloniality of power and nature.

Source: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

DOI: 10.14512/gaia.34.4.6

Authors: Moné Vásquez Ladron de Guevara, Pablo Mansilla Quiñones

Language: English

Topic: Participatory Visual Research Methods

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7118041709

FWCI: 1.844

Cites: 1

Cited by: 1

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