Mapping and Design as Interrelated Processes:

Cattoor, Bieke

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“…It would be essential, for instance, in the Corredor Verde of Carrera Séptima and the metro in Bogotá, the light metro of la ochenta in Medellín, and Line 2 of the metro of Lima. Nevertheless, already-"finished" maps should also be reconsidered (Cattoor, 2019). Maps should include the expert techniques and the knowledge inscribed in the bodies of these women who traverse the cities daily.…”

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“…Expert urban planners and cartographers often answer to those holding political and economic power (Certeau, 1984; Ferdinand, 2018). These experts generally follow standard mapping procedures, focusing on specific objects rather than the relationship among them, and mostly assume linear time (Cattoor, 2019:64).…”

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“…Expert mapping procedures and experts themselves present several problems. First, standard processes constantly limit the designer’s ability to engage with these spaces’ contradictions and competing demands (Cattoor, 2019:64). Diverse individuals who inhabit and cross spaces raise diverse social, cultural, environmental, and economic demands.…”

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“That is why users do not understand the maps we make for them”: Cartographic gaps between experts and domestic workers and the Right to the City

Montoya-Robledo

2023

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A broad gap exists between “God’s eye” transit maps from above that experts draw and how domestic workers map their commutes in Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia, through a street-level approach. Based on fieldwork conducted in both cities between 2017 and 2018, including interviews, participant observation, and social cartography, this translational article brings domestic workers’ understanding of the city they traverse daily vis-à-vis how experts conceive modern and rational public transportation systems. Delving into the literature on cartography, the Right to the City (RtC), and feminist geography, the study analyzes this gap and finds how it limits an effective RtC for this massive group of female commuters. It further provides public policy recommendations to address the gap and ensure RtC for all.

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