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Socio-Spatial Mapping

Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone

On location, groups map a place's functional, natural, and social qualities — layering direct observation with local knowledge gathered on site — and integrate what the maps disagree about. Perspective skills practiced with boots on the ground.

Practical

Time
90-120 min
Group
4–24 · small-group
Settings
outdoors
Materials
Printed maps, clipboards, transparent sheets, notebooks
Mechanisms
systems-sensing, perspective-taking, open-awareness
Change scope
state → skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where
transitionmakers.nl/tool/socio-spatial-mapping — Transition Makers Toolbox, open
Availability
Open online — published at the link, free to read
Licence
CC BY 4.0 per the Transition Makers footer; its badge links CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — variant unresolved, see source record

Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Katusha Sol via Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA) — Participatory mapping / urban field pedagogy

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status: checked · added 2026-08-25