Abstract

This chapter explores the use of community asset mapping as a strategy for achieving liberatory ideals. This exploration draws on one case illustration in a peri-urban Western Cape context, SCRATCHMAPS (Spiritual Capacity and Religious Assets for Transforming Community Health through Mobilizing Males for Peace and Safety). This project was located within a community-based participatory research approach, and used community asset mapping as a key strategy for community building. The chapter covers the theory and practice of asset mapping as method, discusses its application in the above context, and offers a critical account of the liberation capacities of such a method. Both successes and challenges experienced in this project are highlighted, and suggestions for how to address the ambiguities and challenges of adopting asset mapping as a critical approach to community building are offered. The authors argue that community asset mapping, guided by the values and principles of critical forms of participatory research, is a viable strategy for achieving liberatory ideals.

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