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Mapping for Change:
Community Science
Muki Haklay
Director / Co-founder
@mhaklay
m.haklay@mappingforchange.org.uk

 Mapping for Change (MfC): What we do &
why
 Structured process for engagement
 Examples: air quality & participation in
planning
 Current & Future directions in participatory
mapping

Who are we?
 Social enterprise based at UCL; founded in 2008;
built on over a decade worth of experience from
its foundling organisations.
 Promotes and supports community-based
initiatives towards building more sustainable
communities, by using of participatory mapping,
geospatial technologies and citizen science.
 Specialises in community mapping, citizen science,
and using online & off-line community
engagement.

Why Mapping?
 To represent local knowledge
 To assist with data gathering for research
 To create new/alternative maps
 To educate and communicate with external
agencies and decision-makers
 To identify data gaps
 To make comparisons between areas
 To expose complex social/spatial interactions
 To identify key issues for action planning

Our Model of Engagement
Participatory Research:
 Co-design
 Co-determination
 Flexibility
 Iterative cycles
 Alternative pathways for
different levels of participation
 Varies according to nature of
community engaged

Our Work
 Air quality
 Community severance
 Noise pollution
 Urban accessibility
School of trainers

 Widely distributed press release
targeted at politicians and media
 Follow-up with Wandsworth
Council, TfL and Mayor’s Office
 Key achievement in persuading
TfL to introduce hybrid and
retrofitted buses
Putney Air Quality Monitoring Outcome 2012

Building centre event "mapping for making"

Positive
Youth or ASB
Litter/Rubbish/Graffiti
General Maintenance
Safety
Traffic/Transport/Parking
Other
Facility Improvements

Download WideNoise at http://cs.everyaware.eu

The future of participatory mapping
• Mixed methods: paper, online & mobile combined
• Community & participant centred design
• Working through multiple platforms & channels
• Data sharing & management

Get in touch
http://www.mappingforchange.org.uk
http://www.communitymaps.org.uk
Twitter: @Mapping4Change

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