Participatory Cartographies for Social Change

Luke Drake

The rise of new device-based geospatial technologies has created space for a variety of different actors to participate in mapping the world. Participation can take place at many stages, from project design and data collection to map production and distribution. This chapter explores the potentials of these new technologies for different sorts of participation in social change.

Suggested citation

Drake, L. 2024. Participatory Cartographies for Social Change. In Introducing Human Geographies (4th edition), eds. P. Cloke, K. Dombroski, A. Williams, J. Qian and M. Goodwin. Routledge.