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Call for Papers – Learning GIS: Establishing the Nexus Between Disciplines

Abstracts are invited for a session jointly held by the GIScience Research Group (GIScRG) and the Higher Education Research Group…

The Paris Climate Agreement and Indigenous Rights – a view from the side at COP21

ExCiteS’ two intrepid anthropologists, Gill and Carolina, were reunited for a brief period in Paris during December, each participating in…

Ashaninka, climate change, community-based monitoring, COP21, indigenous rights

Geo for Good User Summit 2015

Earlier this month I was lucky enough to be part the annual Geo for Good User Summit, which brings together non-profits…

Geo for good, Google, Mapping, maps

Building Community Protocols with the Ashaninka from Apiwtxa

The community protocol meeting for the Ashaninka Land Monitoring Project happened on September 5, in Apiwtxa village, with the participation…

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2015 – GIS and the Anthropocene: Educational Perspectives

This year is the fourth year running where Claire and I held a session at the Royal Geographic Society’s Annual…

Talk about ExCiteS & Sapelli at TEDxGhent 2015

A couple of months back I had the honour of being invited to present my and the ExCiteS’ group work…

TRAINING THE ASHANINKA AND BEING TRAINED BY THEM

After spending some time in the field with no contact, I am now back to the town of Marechal Thaumaturgo,…

Skydiving, LEGO and my PhD: how I applied Extreme Citizen Science in the Pantanal, Brazil

Guest post by Rafael Chiaravalotti, PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at UCL I never liked extreme things. When…

brazil, natural resource management, pantanal

Mapping Accessibility with Sapelli

On 19th June the ExCiteS research group and Mapping for Change, teamed up with Dr Catherine Holloway and Sarah Nicholson,…

accessibility, community mapping, Mapping, Sapellli, wheelchair

Stories from the Field – Forest Monitoring in the Congo Basin

Together with Moabi (http://rdc.moabi.org/) we are running an evening event on the 23rd June about new tools and approaches to…

ECSAnVis, ERC

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  • IN.FOR.BIO – our new 6-year One Health project December 18, 2025
  • Indigenous floor maps and many names for ice: ICA Vancouver 2025 November 5, 2025
  • Reflections on Urban Gardening Workshop in London’s Chinatown November 16, 2024
  • A desert as a garden: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Marrakech, Morocco July 19, 2024
  • WhatsApp Maps? Connecting users and producers of ground information June 26, 2024
  • Pathways on Industry-connected Citizen Engagement September 20, 2023
  • Wisdom of the Crowd in the Age of AI: Water September 3, 2023
  • You are invited to attend – and participate in! – the HEIDI Project’s Final Event on 30th and 31st May May 18, 2023

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