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This video (slideshow) was created for a in-house presentation of For Aripo By Aripo on November 24th 2016. It shows a bit of our process and progress till that point.
This note is to help researchers, who find themselves in the Trinidad context, to have some insight into how it is really like to work in the field with participatory approaches. (run-on much?)
Community Engagement:
The Trinidadian reality is that in the beginning of any project there will be a small interested group of people who will understand the value of the project and be consistent with the activities. There would be others who are interested and committed but they maybe a little intermittent. Lastly, there will be persons who are present but are intimidated by the process or feel excluded.
Below are some guidelines which I developed from my experiences, reading and observations.
Focus on the core group - They have a vested interested and would be the main movers and shakers.
Encourage the core group to bring another person.
Ensure that those who participated are able to explain the purpose of the project.
No matter the turn out - Start with your activities.
Value people's time as a facilitator you may not know what the persons involved are giving up to be there.
If possible increase the frequency of participation opportunities.
More Researcher Notes to come!
Find out how anchor institutions like hospitals and universities can help worker cooperatives create green jobs in the neighborhoods that need them most. Lea...
The ultimate goal of the For Aripo By Aripo Project is to come together and form a cooperative to provide and develop goods and services for the community and the communities around Aripo. They can follow the Cleveland model and consider what institutions are in need of local services.
Explore the Caribbean’s Grenadine island chain through the work of cartographer and participatory mapping advocate Alison DeGraff.
Kids in India Are Sparking Urban Planning Changes by Mapping Slums
[Photo courtesy Humara Bachpan]
This is a combination of Dr. Farrell’s presentation and my interpretation of what needs to be done.
My current thoughts are that yes we need a change in our culture of economics, culture of work ethics, culture of maintenance, culture of timeliness and culture of preparedness - Where would this change come from? Who is listening?
More of us have tertiary education than we were twenty- thirty years ago before the Dollar for Dollar. So with a higher educated citizens, we have to be critical and examine the current progress and where we would like to be as a nation and the type of innovation we would like to see. Decision makers should consider what investments other than natural resources extraction should be encouraged and developed.
Monkey see monkey do... I believe that saying is true for our country. Leading by example should be the watch words of those willing to be agents of change in Trinidad and Tobago.
Dec 14th is the final installment of the Key Areas for Diversification for Trinidad and Tobago with the feature speaker Dr. Roger Hosein.
Surveying Plans & Questions - Tues 15th Nov
In this meeting, we had some members of the Village Council came to discuss the survey and formulate questions for the survey.
I had been anticipating for this meeting from the week before the scheduled meeting. Reading on the best practices for Participatory Mapping, imagining a crowd of residents all actively engaged in the formulation of questions and having in-depth discussions of how to make the survey and mapping a success and that all three subject areas were amply covered with well crafted questions.
There was a definite shift of expectations and reality.
In reality, there were five persons during the entirety of the meeting (most would be discouraged). We did have in-depth discussions of the survey and the issues that the community faced. The focused initially on the social issues - initially, they said they had nothing for the community to come together and socialize. Then they started to speak of the activities that the community would do when they came together. That they had special communal events for Carnival, Independence Day and after Christmas.
The conversation moved to recreational activities they would like to see continue and expanded upon. Then they spoke about what they would like to see in the community, with some prompting of what they think can achieve in the relative short term.
We formulated questions based on our discussion that we had. We were able to create relevant questions which they felt the community would be interested in finding out as well.
Lesson learnt: Never be discouraged by the numbers it is the quality that counts.
Last week we had a bake sale for Geography Awareness Week for the Thursday and the Friday. The Bake sale was a success and I had fun decorating the cookies for the sale. Maybe next year there would have more “I <3 Geo” Cookies. They were the first to go!
Yacouba Sawadogo is an exceptional man – he single-handedly managed to solve a crisis that many scientists and development organizations could not. The simple old farmer’s re-forestation and soil conservation techniques are so effective they’ve helped turn the tide in the fight against the desertification of the harsh lands in northern Burkina Faso.
Over-farming, over-grazing and over population have, over the years, resulted in heavy soil erosion and drying in this landlocked West African nation. Although national and international researchers tried to fix the grave situation, it really didn’t really make much of a difference. Until Yacouba decided to take matters into his own hands in 1980.
Yacouba’s methods were so odd that his fellow farmers ridiculed him. But when his techniques successfully regenerated the forest, they were forced to sit up and take notice. Yacouba revived an ancient African farming practice called ‘zai’, which led to forest growth and increased soil quality.
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If my kids don’t learn about this man in school then we as a species have failed.
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Feeling inspired for reforestation - just to find a solution for purchasing local trees which are resistant to forest fires.
This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and fam...
I found this interesting for community development from the family unit. We hear in the public domain that the development and “fixin” of the nation begins in the home but no real advise is offered.
I find this video explains this issue quite explicitly to begin thinking about how to change your family situation. Food for thought!
More to read --> https://dirt.asla.org/2016/11/09/building-community-resilience-from-the-ground-up/
Map brought into the GIS Lab for digitization. (A.Thorne. 2016.) Activities have slowed a bit for the For Aripo By Aripo Project but the...
Another stage for “For Aripo By Aripo!”
I’ve previously discussed my goals in visualizing GPS data from my summer travels and explored visualizing the data set with CartoDB and with Leaflet. Mapbox is a major provider of online web mapping services such as tiled web maps, the Tilemill cartography IDE, and the mapbox.js javascript library. Today we’ll run through how to create an interactive map in Tilemill’s design studio, export the map as a set of tiles, upload the tileset to Mapbox, and then use a javascript client to display the map on a web page.
The TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites produce high-precision 3-D images of the planet's surface without interference from clouds and lightning. They supply vital data on earthquakes and floods, and on places where the ground is sinking or rising.
I am curious to find out if Trinidad and Tobago is also captured with these satellites - imagine what changes we may have under gone through our development as well.
Participatory 3D Modelling for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Tobago
The Tobago P3DM Project: The above link is of the project description and a variety of videos on the project. The rationale for the project is to have discussions of Climate Change, its effects and the spatial representation of their surrounding environment to be understood by the citizens of Tobago.
I believe this project is very useful for the continuous development in Tobago. I believe that Tobagonians need to have serious discussions about Climate Change, water scarcity and economic development. By extension Trinidad should have such a project as well for issues affecting us.
Hopefully, projects like For Aripo By Aripo will begin in other communities so they can have serious discussions on the issues affecting their community.
Below are the videos covering the project:
SHE BECOMES MORE BEAUTIFUL: CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF TOBAGO ISLAND FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
TOBAGONIANS BUILD MODEL OF TOBAGO TO PLAN FOR THE IMPACTS OF EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS
Participatory mapping is the practice of working with a community to make the connection between land and local knowledge visible through the common language of cartography.
Aly worked with over 300 stakeholders throughout the Grenadines to collect this data between 2011 and 2012, but participatory mapping is an ongoing process! Anyone with information to contribute should contact her directly at [email protected].
In Aripo, we hope to achieve something like this.
(From Left) Professor Patrick Watson, Dr. Roger Hosein, Dr. Terrence Farrell and Mr. Martin Franklin. Mr. Anthony Wilson came to the panel after. Some High Points for Diversification is a shift in the leadership style to think more globally and enabling environment for innovations. Persons at the bottom also would consider their impacts and taking pride in their work.
Businesses would shift from retail models to research based investments for potential future markets. Ideally, the Oil and Gas sector would account for 20% of GDP - not due to the shrinking of the sector but rather other sectors would grow considerably.
I would be interested in hearing further about what areas businesses, the GORTT and civil society would be interested in investing into. I have attended a few diversification lectures yet none really touched on tangible areas to consider. (Dr. Farrell did mention his ideas/dream sectors he hopes would be major contributors to our GDP - Steel Pan manufacturing, seasonings and condiments to name a few)
I do enjoy the model Germany does with having national talk shows where four or more persons from different backgrounds, such as politicians, civil society, business leaders, persons affected by a topic etc., are brought together and discuss the issue and propose solutions.
The Keys to Diversification Presentation by Dr. Terrence Farrell
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