![]() I usually engage community members in creating a map using paper, so that I can keep it to help facilitate future discussions. I would then engage male farmers to create the same maps-and compare the maps toward understanding gender dynamics. I might engage a group of women farmers to map communal resources in relation to farming plots or to map community amenities such as schools, clinics, and the police, and their perceived access to them. When I use community mapping, I engage different population groups in creating their own maps. Very important, it highlights how those resources are distributed. It helps us to identify resources and analyze the relationship between those resources and the local population. While a community map points out the location of natural resources and amenities, it also gives insight into the availability and management of those resources and amenities. Evaluators engage a community in mapping its own surroundings, in order to facilitate discussion relevant to a project. A community map highlights local level perceptions of resources and resource management, which are unique to the particular sample population creating the map. We use community mapping as a group exercise to engage community members in drawing their own map of their local community. Community Resource MappingĬommunity mapping is equally as useful for us as qualitative researchers and evaluators. Mapping helped me to analyze how a space was defined and managed, and gave insight into socioeconomic issues in the household and community. I also noted the homestead’s access to resources including water and electricity, and its location in comparison to schools, clinics, roads, and other amenities. These maps included how the landholding was organized, including the number, size, and condition of dwellings or other buildings. For example, when I conducted household interviews on the use of microcredit organizations in South Africa, I drew a map of every homestead where I conducted an interview. When I conduct interviews in the field, I always draw a map of the particular respondent’s surroundings. Evaluator MappingĮvaluator mapping helps us to picture a respondent’s surroundings, and oftentimes gives insight into a community or a project. Such participatory tools help to foster dialogue, and give insight into a community or a project. In my qualitative research and evaluation work, I have found that participatory data collection techniques including mapping tools and transect walks, when used in conjunction with qualitative interviews, add depth and perspective to my research. Qualitative researchers and evaluators use interviews to collect targeted data from respondents relatively quickly. Interviews dominate qualitative data collection for monitoring and evaluation. Graduate Certificate in Sports Analytics and Management.Graduate Certificate in Project Monitoring & Evaluation.Graduate Certificate in Nutrition Education.Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Analytics and Management.School of Professional and Extended Studies Graduate Certificate Programs.MS in Human Resource Analytics and Management. ![]() School of Professional and Extended Studies.MA in Economics, Applied Economics Specialization.MS in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security.Master of Public Administration and Policy. ![]()
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