Maps for Making Change - The First Workshop

On 3 December, 'Maps for Making Change: Using Geographical Mapping Techniques to Support Struggles for Social Justice in India' will officially kick off at the India Islamic Cultural Centre on Delhi's Lodhi Road. In this first workshop in a series of three, participants will think through the potential of mapping in the context of a project that they have suggested in their application and the preparations they need to make to make these ideas a reality.

A joint initiative by the Centre for Internet and Society in Bangalore and the Tactical Tech Collective in Bangalore and the UK, Maps for Making Change is a two month project that seeks to explore the potential of digital mapping for social change specifically in the Indian context. For the first time, activists and supporters of movements and campaigns working for progressive social change in the country will get the opportunity to collectively debate and explore in detail the potential of digital mapping as a tool to support their work. 

The aims of this first workshop are to:

• introduce tools and techniques for mapping

• assist participants to identify the information they need to collect for their mapping project

By the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to:

• understand the socio-political context of mapping and how maps can be used to maximise advocacy efforts

• identify different types of maps (static, interactive, collaborative, etc)

• identify some of the tools used for creating, uploading and editing maps (not covering the technical aspects nor the step-by-step process for making maps, but focusing on the general web-based mapping techniques)

• understand data collection for mapping

The preliminary workshop schedule is as follows: