Notes from the Field: Can we map local knowledge?
By Cara Steger For two weeks in March 2017, I traveled to the north central highlands of Ethiopia to conduct a series of participatory mapping workshops with nine groups involved in managing a community conservation area. My field work had been postponed twice already due to civil unrest throughout the country, so I was fairly anxious right up until I arrived at the Guassa Community Conservation area with two research assistants and a whole lot of hope. Unfortunately, my anxiety only […]
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