Of Our Territory, We Know: social mapping experience for emergencies and disasters

Oliveira, Simone Santos; Portella, Sergio; Yoshikawa, Cristiane Tiemi; Lobosco, Dacy; Dias, Leonardo Freire; Oliveira, Thaís Candido de

doi:10.1590/1413-812320212610.11012021

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ARTICLE • Ciênc. saúde coletiva 26 (10) • Oct 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320212610.11012021 copy

Of Our Territory, We Know: social mapping experience for emergencies and disasters

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Abstract

The article presents the project “Of Our Territory, We Know” (De Nosso Território Sabemos Nós), carried out in two communities in the mountain cities of the state of Rio de Janeiro that suffered the 2011 disaster, aiming at creating a device for online communication, associated with social cartography, seeking to establish a dialogue between the city management and citizens in a permanent and dynamic way. The device allows local needs to be visible for the creation of public policies. The implementation of the Extended Research Communities (Comunidades Ampliadas de Pesquisa), consisting of residents and their associations, participants of the municipal management, and researchers in a regime of ecology of knowledges, took place through cartographic workshops. The identification of the vulnerabilities and potentials of the communities, the emergence of memories and local knowledges allow the strengthening of community resilience. Therefore, the appraisal of the experience in the creation of social cartographies brings out the group’s self-awareness. The mapping process demonstrated how unknown the territories are to the municipal management and even to their inhabitants.

Key words:
Community resilience; Social cartography; Disasters; Vulnerabilities

Dynamics	Cartographic workshops
Dynamics	First - august	Second - september	Third - october	Fourth - november
Name	Wish tree	Mural of intentions	Community web	Feeling that I bring
Materiais	Dry tree branch Colored ribbons Markers	Brown paper Magazine clippings with pictures and words Scissors, glue, markers	Roll of string
Description	Participants sitting in a circle are asked to write one wish (or more) on the ribbons. Afterwards, each participant states their wish, stands up and ties their ribbon on the branch arranged in the center of the circle.	Creation of a mural to represent the community through the choice of words, phrases and images available in the center of the circle or created/drawn on the spot.	For the construction of the web, the participants forming a circle and standing, choose a member to throw the roll of string at and so on. The former held a piece of the string, so that, in the end, the web was created. Before throwing the roll, each member spoke about an element of nature or society to be a guardian of: animals, water, nature, sun, waterfall, people, street, trees, families, etc.; At the end the web is undone, each participant returns the roll and repeats the partner’s guardian.	Sitting in a circle, each participant is asked to declare and explain the feeling they brought to the meeting.

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[1] Collaborations

SS Oliveira, S Portella, CT Yoshikawa, DC Lobosco, LF Dias e TC Oliveira effectively contributed to the conception, planning and writing of the manuscript. SS Oliveira and S Portella carried out the review and approval of the final version of the manuscript.