The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Mapping has long formed a key part of development work, from recording household surveys, participatory mapping exercises, and PRA projects. Now though the sector is full of new actors- mapping and tech companies as well as NGOs- monitoring through drones and satellite images, alongside employing mo...

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Autor principal:	Doug Specht
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Publicado:	Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) 2021
Materias:	participatory mapping; international development; openstreetmap; dar es salaam Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Human ecology. Anthropogeography GF1-900 Cities. Urban geography GF125 Geography (General) G1-922
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0ab22eb6d722467198cf7cc2649bcbe82021-11-17T16:22:08ZThe Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team1130-29682340-146X10.5944/etfvi.14.2021.30644https://doaj.org/article/0ab22eb6d722467198cf7cc2649bcbe82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistas.uned.es/index.php/ETFVI/article/view/30644https://doaj.org/toc/1130-2968https://doaj.org/toc/2340-146XMapping has long formed a key part of development work, from recording household surveys, participatory mapping exercises, and PRA projects. Now though the sector is full of new actors- mapping and tech companies as well as NGOs- monitoring through drones and satellite images, alongside employing more traditional methods. Many of these new players were born from NGOs and companies who started as ‘crisis mappers. Short-term ‘crisis mapping’ projects have become a regular part of humanitarian response following a disaster. The short-term nature of such actions, and the need for stable employment/profits, has led to an increasing trend for the same organizations and companies to either remain on the ground producing maps or to move into new areas as part of a pre-emptive mapping practice, inserting themselves into the wider international development ecosystem. This research, centered on Tanzania, examines how HOTOSM has attempted to pivot towards working as a development organization that creates maps for prevention of crisis, but also wider socio-economic outputs. The research used interviews to explore the interplay between technology and micro/macro politics around the mapping of Dar es Salaam. Examining how HOTOSM its role, and how they position their map-making within the context of Dar es Salaam. Findings suggest that HOTOSM is still underdeveloped as an organization and lacks the maturity to create true participatory models of working.Doug SpechtUniversidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)articleparticipatory mapping; international development; openstreetmap; dar es salaamGeography. Anthropology. RecreationGHuman ecology. AnthropogeographyGF1-900Cities. Urban geographyGF125Geography (General)G1-922ENESFREspacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VI, Geografía, Iss 14, Pp 193-216 (2021)
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topic	participatory mapping; international development; openstreetmap; dar es salaam Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Human ecology. Anthropogeography GF1-900 Cities. Urban geography GF125 Geography (General) G1-922
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description	Mapping has long formed a key part of development work, from recording household surveys, participatory mapping exercises, and PRA projects. Now though the sector is full of new actors- mapping and tech companies as well as NGOs- monitoring through drones and satellite images, alongside employing more traditional methods. Many of these new players were born from NGOs and companies who started as ‘crisis mappers. Short-term ‘crisis mapping’ projects have become a regular part of humanitarian response following a disaster. The short-term nature of such actions, and the need for stable employment/profits, has led to an increasing trend for the same organizations and companies to either remain on the ground producing maps or to move into new areas as part of a pre-emptive mapping practice, inserting themselves into the wider international development ecosystem. This research, centered on Tanzania, examines how HOTOSM has attempted to pivot towards working as a development organization that creates maps for prevention of crisis, but also wider socio-economic outputs. The research used interviews to explore the interplay between technology and micro/macro politics around the mapping of Dar es Salaam. Examining how HOTOSM its role, and how they position their map-making within the context of Dar es Salaam. Findings suggest that HOTOSM is still underdeveloped as an organization and lacks the maturity to create true participatory models of working.
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title	The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
title_short	The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
title_full	The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
title_fullStr	The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
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The Technopolitics of Mapping Dar es Salaam: An examination of the technological and political motivations of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

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