Navigating and Mapping the “White Spot”

Passon, Jacqueline; Braun, Klaus

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“…It is impossible not to associate the ancestral survival methods and forms of guidance of the Lençóis Maranhenses residents with those living in extreme weather conditions in other parts of the world, such as the Tuaregs in the Sahara Desert [46] and the Inuit who inhabit the vast territories of northern Canada [17,18,47]. In all these cases, the seemingly barren landscape of sand or snow consists of networks of "physically ephemeral" trails that are not permanent features of the landscape but exist in people's memories and experiences [47].…”

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Traditional Communities and Mental Maps: Dialogues between Local Knowledge and Cartography from the Socioenvironmental Atlas of Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil

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Machado

Murasugi

et al. 2021

IJGI

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The Lençóis Maranhenses region, located in the state of Maranhão in northeastern Brazil, constitutes an area that includes a national park and presents extreme physical, geographic and climatic contrasts in addition to economic diversity and emerging tourism. Scattered throughout this portion of the Brazilian territory are local inhabitants whose traditional lifestyles are characterized by agricultural, extractive, fishing and animal husbandry activities. These local residents use guidance systems and mental maps developed through their long history, interaction with nature, and knowledge of the environment in which they live and work. Based on sketches prepared by residents and by Health Agents serving the communities, and with the support of cartographic-based materials produced by the team of the Socioenvironmental Atlas of Lençóis Maranhenses (ASALM, Portuguese abbreviation for Socioenvironmental Atlas of Lençóis Maranhenses), we present a set of digital and interactive cartographic materials that reproduce the movements, uses and practices of the families of these communities as well as the environmental dynamics of this vast region. Such cartography can serve as an instrument of planning, understanding and action, both to safeguard the rights of the local residents and for the handling and management of natural resources. Based on the dialogue between local knowledge and cartography, we present the methods, processes and results of our research project.

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