Abstract
Abstract. Twelve participatory paper maps by separate groups of men and women were facilitated by the High Atlas Foundation in six communities in Morocco between 2010–2020 as part of their process of participatory development. In this research, these sketch maps are analyzed for the first time. The twelve participatory paper maps underwent a gender-focused content frequency analysis. Seven communities were located using OpenStreetMap and Google Maps by a High Atlas Foundation expert. It was found that men contributed more overall geographic elements and written Arabic commentary than women, which could indicate a higher level of familiarity with their community and comfortability in communicating their opinions in writing. It was also found that there are many barriers to adding data from the sketch maps to OpenStreetMap due to language, loss of institutional memory, inconsistencies between the sketch maps of the same location, and inconsistencies between the sketch maps and satellite imagery.
Highlights
Morocco is a developing country, ranking 121 out of 189 countries in 2018 according to UNDP
Development in urban areas has outpaced rural areas, though 40% of Moroccans live in rural areas (World Bank, 2018). 75% of impoverished Moroccans live in rural areas, where the poverty rate is close to five times the national rate (BenMeir, 2019, p. 195)
This study focuses on Morocco and addresses sketch map creation and analysis
Summary
Morocco is a developing country, ranking 121 out of 189 countries in 2018 according to UNDP. In the last two decades, there has been significant poverty reduction, but the urban-rural gap remains wide. Development in urban areas has outpaced rural areas, though 40% of Moroccans live in rural areas (World Bank, 2018). 75% of impoverished Moroccans live in rural areas, where the poverty rate is close to five times the national rate The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) has worked in Morocco since 2000 to combat poverty and foster sustainable development. A cornerstone of HAF’s philosophy is participatory methods for development. HAF utilizes participatory mapping (PM) exercises as part of this approach by asking participants to draw sketch maps of their communities that identify the most important places in their lives
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