Maps of the Vernacular:
P/PGIS and Participatory Data Collection in Las Flores of Barranquilla, Colombia.
Timothy Norris - University of Miami - Library - Center for Computational Science - tnorris@miami.edu
Christopher Mader - University of Miami - Center for Computational Science - cmader@med.miami.edu
Amin Sarafraz - University of Miami - Center for Computational Science - a.sarafraz@umiami.edu
CLAG - Methods: Dillemmas and Discussions
Antigua, Guatemala, January 3 2020
Where are the Cities?

Alvarado, Nikolai A. (2020). Where Are the Cities? On Not Excluding (Much More Than) Half of the Latin Americans in Latin Americanist Geography. Journal of Latin American Geography 19(1). pp 193-203.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision.

Framework for Mapping the Vernacular

Field Experience

Reflection on the Future

Interdisciplinary solutions to wicked problems

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry

"Participatory" Mapping, Social Cartography, and P/PGIS

Architecture and the Vernacular

Library and Information Science and Indigenous Data Governance

The Cempoala [Zempoala, Mexico] Map
(Nahuatl artists 1580). The Cempoala [Zempoala, Mexico]. Held in the Benson Latin American Collection ‐ University of Texas at Austin.
Mapa de San Juan Tolcayuca
Nahuatl Artists (Late 17th C). Mapa de San Juan Tolcayuca (Mexico). Held in the University of Miami Special Collections, on display currently in the Kislak Center.
In a certain sense they celebrate the inevitable assimilation of non-capitalistic societies into a mode of social organization based on institutional creation and protection of private property.

Fieldwork and Method

  • Drone Surveys
  • Social Cartography
  • Participatory Data Collection
  • Data Governance
  • P/PGIS

AERIAL SURVEY

6 Pages
81 Questions
18 Observations
8Information about the interviewee
14Building characteristics
13Socio-economic
8Services
14Community and culture
10Agricultural activities
11Environment
18Built environment (observations)
Signed Consent Form

Dimar en coordinación con la Policía, Ejército Nacional, Armada, Esmad, Secretaría de Gobierno, y Secretaría de Control Urbano y Espacio Público adelantan proceso de desalojo en la Ciénaga de Mallorquín, en el sector de Las Flores con el fin de restituir bienes de servicio público. Rodriguez, Luis (2019-02-06). "Desalojo en la Ciénaga de Mallorquín, en el sector de Las Flores". El Heraldo. Photo: Luis Rodriguez.

La Secretaría de Control Urbano y Espacio Público en la demolición de las viviendas. Jimenez, Laura (2019-02-06). "Ocho días tienen las familias para salir de Mallorquín". El Heraldo. Photo: Luis Rodriguez.

"De acuerdo con el último reporte de la Dimar, de los 78.845 kilómetros cuadrados de terrenos con características técnicas de playa marítima y terrenos de bajamar que tiene el departamento del Atlántico; aproximadamente 56.061 kilómetros cuadrados están invadidos por particulares, que no presentan ningún tipo de permiso." - El Tiempo (2019-02-06). "Avanza el desalojo de 300 familias en el Ciénaga de Mallorquín". El Tiempo.

Uno de los palafitos es desalojado por funcionarios en la Ciénaga Mallorquín. Jimenez, Laura (2019-02-06). "Ocho días tienen las familias para salir de Mallorquín". El Heraldo. Photo: Luis Rodriguez.

Summary of the Door to Door Survey

2578 buildings edited in the database (100%)

2414 buildings observed from the street (94%)

2338 buildings with complete survey instrument (91%)

2125 buildings with complete survey and signed consent form (82%)

!?

Written charter co-drafted by community members, UM CCS and pro-bono lawyers from Tecnoglass

Data Ownership, Control, Access, Possession

All data owned by FUMUJEM, except for orthographic images which are co-owned by FUMUJEM and UM CCS

8 members of the board:
- 4 from community
- 2 from UM CCS (UM has deciding vote)
- 2 from Fundación Tecnoglass

137 variables in census:
- 63 are public
- 62 restricted, and 12 internal

All data sharing must be voted on by board (actas firmadas)
- all data under Open DB licenses
- all assets under CC licenses

2702 "improved" building footprint geometries

304 new buildings since 2019-07-06 (green)

Buildings deleted from Catastro +Facil database since 2019-07-06 (red)

Repeat for terreno layer??

Participatory Data Collection?

Too Much Data?

Community and Municipal Adoption?

Property Rights?

After Rights, Then What?

The Country and the City ....

Acknowledgements:

We are grateful to the people of Las Flores. Three local organizations in Las Flores played particularly important roles in our relationship with the community: La Fundación de Mujeres Emprendadores (FUMUJEM), la Frente Común de Las Flores, la Junta de Acción Comuncal de Las Flores, and la Associación de Pescadores de Las Flores (ASOPESFLORES). Without the generous support from the University of Miami School of Architecture, the University of Miami Center for Computational Science, the University of Miami Libraries, la Fundación Tecnoglass ESWindows, and the National Geographic Society (grant #NGS-190S-18) none of this work would be possible.

Collaborators:

Chris Mader, Timothy Norris, Amin Sarafraz, Helenn Gynell, Carrie Penabad, Adib Cure, Halina Mader, Robert Carroll, Cristina Posada, Monica Castillo, Adriana Marthe, Maria Correa, Angelica Jimenez, Edinson Borja, Nicanor Florez, Dimas Caraballo, Edilsa Ebrat, Andrea Hernandez, Emily Suarez-Avilez, Juan Guareschi, Qiazi Chen, Marissa Gudiel, Bernardo Rieveling.

Thanks! Tim Norris - tnorris@miami.edu and Chris Mader - cmader@med.miami.edu