March 30, 2017
In our efforts to determine safe and unsafe areas of Soweto Kayole – as perceived by the residents, we first developed a base map of the […]
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January 11, 2017
How are spaces in informal settlements traversed differently according to gender? Which paths are the most travelled in a community, when and why? Does gender influence […]
January 9, 2017
How do people navigate the places in which they live? Does gender influence mobility and in what way? How do men and women access opportunities within […]
January 7, 2017
Spatial Collective was hired in the spring of 2016 to develop a Geographic Information Systems-based participatory mapping approach to support Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP) […]
November 23, 2016
In June 2016, ten youth from Mathare digitized more than a thousand structures in Kayole Soweto, creating a building footprint of the area. At the same […]
October 31, 2016
The final step in community land mapping in Tana River County was to design the maps of the two targeted communities. Previous steps are described here, here […]
February 22, 2016
After the initial three day hands-on training and a community forum, it was time to hit the field. As noted in the previous blog posts (here […]
February 15, 2016
This is a follow up on the previous post. We began our field work on mapping community land by holding a large forum with the representatives […]
February 13, 2016
We are currently in Tana River supporting the work of Kenya Land Alliance (KLA) and their partners Namati and Oxfam in using mapping and Geographic Information […]
