Decolonizing local planning through new social cartography: making Black geographies visible in a plantation context in Colombia

Feeling/thinking the archive: Participatory mapping Marronage

“…Following past examples of Black counter‐mapping in the struggle against capital, racial violence and land dispossession, this article pushes this concept forward by implementing a Maroon‐descendant‐led mapping process that takes advantage of the written and oral history of these communities (Berman‐Arévalo, 2019; Moreno‐Quintero et al, 2022; Oslender, 2021). It proposes a decolonial community‐based study of records using fragmented spoken words passed from one generation to another that included knowledge and emotions.…”

“…The existing white‐ Mestizo hegemony has impacted cartography, making Afro‐descendant spaces largely invisible on maps (Dunnavant, 2021). Current examples include official planning maps that only acknowledge large‐scale agricultural systems that stand in opposition to those traditionally run by Black communities, which are often only captured in social cartography projects (Moreno‐Quintero et al, 2022).…”

The configuration processes of the modern territorial State: Elements to rethink the conception of blackcommunities in Colombia

“…Al respecto, lo geopolítico se debe a que el conocimiento, la ubicación y distribución de los recursos propios del Estado, así como los mecanismos para el conocimiento y acceso a los recursos de otros Estados, son trascendentales para su permanencia en el tiempo y su imagen exterior y estética. Por otro lado, la cartografía es utilizada como soporte y representación de la idea de nación, así como a través de esta representación el mapa crea la ilusión de ser la nación y se instala como un logo-símbolo que soporta las ideas nacionalistas (Moreno-Quintero et al, 2021;Ulloa, 2022). Ambas cualidades son piezas clave en los momentos más trascendentales en los que corren riesgo sus formas más tradicionales, conduciendo a marcos de tensión, disputa y confrontación (Cely-Santos y Hernández-Manrique, 2021; Lobo y Orihuela, 2021;Vélez et al, 2020).…”

Impact of Artisanal Gold Mining in Community Conserved Areas with High Biodiversity Using a Multi-Criteria Approach: A Case Study in Colombia

“…For the analysis of deforestation in the CoS-related to the loss of forest cover-a social mapping was carried out. It was combined with interviews carried out with male and female leaders of the ACVC regarding the new human settlements, and new mining and production activities in the CoS [37], alongside the results of using the open access QGIS project as a source for geographical information system.…”