INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION

“Think Global, Act Local”

Communicating Indigenous Technical

Knowledge to a Global audience

Jeroen Verplanke

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Local Communities Collecting Data

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Capturing Indigenous Knowledge

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Accrediting Local Knowledge (ITK)?

Are local methods and practices globally and scientifically acceptable?

How to compare Indigenous Technical Knowledge from different countries?

How could ITK be presented in an acceptable way?

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Communities using “Mobile GIS”

High-end technology

Direct “translation”

Local “experts” Local “cost” Local “ownership”

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The Mobile GIS unit

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Is it adapted to local physical conditions?(ruggedized equipment)

Local capacities? (training) User-friendly? (adaptation) Do benefits counter (transaction) cost? Can data be up-dated sustainably?

(local-regional institutional setting)

Can (P)GIS be managed at local level?

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What it takes for this to work…

The technical solutions will evolve rapidly given the current rate of developments in computer technology. Reduced cost Better availability and operability

Focus should be on the institutional embedding of the method and tools at different levels

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Three institutional levels

Local umbrella

National

Internationalcertified

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Three institutional levels

Local umbrella

National

Internationalcertified

Transaction cost

Non-Profit Intermediary

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE AND EARTH OBSERVATION

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Current Cost of Equipment

Pocket PC $ 450. - GPS $ 150. - Software $ 400. –

$1000. –

Issue is not current cost but in a few years

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Usefulness of Satellite Imagery

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Good Practice Sequence in PGIS

Pre Conditions Purpose purpose purpose• Partnership• Positively discriminate• Power • Products• Participation is learning • Participation is slow• PRA principles – flexibility, innovative,

involved, triangulation