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Participatory Mapping with People, Bidar and the internet: Tools and Technologies
Public maps and knowledge of places may often be centralised and made with intents not from the people: What tools and technologies can we use to subvert and reimagine maps and the representation of knowledge of places. Learners will work with community collaborators and technologies.
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Facilitators: Adhavan Sivaraj, Harshawardhan Rathod
Place: Bidar
Micro-context(s): Ecology In Urban Spaces, Old Residences
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Abstract / Short description: Public maps and knowledge of places may often be centralised and made with intents not from the people: What tools and technologies can we use to subvert and reimagine maps and the representation of knowledge of places. Learners will work with community collaborators and technologies.
Concentration: Reimagining Technology
Duration (NLH): 60
Learning Mode: Critical Making, Map Making, Public Engagement
Micro-Context: Ecology in Urban Spaces, Old Residences
Offered / Designed by: Adhavan Sivaraj, Harshawardhan Rathod
Place: Bidar
Trimester: Trimester 02
Year offered: 2025 - 2026
Maximum of 5 days per week for 4 weeks (3hrs per day)
Minimum of 2 days per week for 4 weeks (3hrs per day)
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Prompts to help Facilitators
What is this course about?
Who is this relevant to?
Why should a learner apply for this course?
Key words
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What are some of the keywords which can capture the theme of the course? Some relevant words for learners in general
Objective of the course
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Why do we want to offer this as a course?
Is the course related to any of our axiom? If yes, how?
Note: Facilitators can also bring in some perspectives from micro-contexts and concentration which are related to the course
Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the course, what will the learners take back with them?
How can the outcome support the future practice of the learners?
What you bring?
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Any prior knowledge or skills the learners must have?
Prerequisites for the learners
Age of the learners if needed
Are learners encouraged to bring their practice and experiences into the learning course?
What will you make?
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What knowledge or learning experiences one will get out of the course?
Will there by any tangible outcome like a project, publication etc?
Learning modes
Which are the learning modes used in this course along with small description about the activties
Course plan
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Note on Structure, timeline and Learning Materials (for each week/session)
Prompts to help Facilitators to prepare session-wise plan
How is the course structures as sessions across the weeks. Each day is a session.
What are the themes/milestones for each week? A brief description about the themes and what will be explored during the session
What the learning materials used in each week?
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When planning the session, the facilitators can either sessions spread across through four weeks or based on requirement for course itself to happen in the field/place, the sessions can be stacked one after the other and can be an intense one week module too. The way the the days are planned is upto the facilitator, taking the minimum and maximum hours into account
Include the names of collaborators from the field as part of the plan - Please refer to the Budget template document and decide the hours they will be spending
Each course can prepare a references library on LLN Group Library on Zotero this can include printed references in YNC or BNC.
Session plan
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Will the learners engage individually or as a group?
Before the class
Prompts to help Facilitators
Onboarding on Notion (new Public Pedagogy account), Discord (SCS), Zotero, Nextcloud or any apps or softwares which needs to be installed specifically for the course
Orientation materials if needed which can read by the learners before the course starts
What are the materials needed for any making?
Communication channels
What are the platforms used for discussions and updates?
Assignment
Will primers have assignments?
What are the assignment outside of the contact hours with the facilitators?
Review
Will there be moments in between the course to review the progression of learning?
How will the review happen?
References
Any materials which used as a reference to design the course
About the facilitators
Prompts to help Facilitators
Who are the facilitators and what is their background?
Why have they designed or chosen to facilitate this course?
Along with the facilitators, will there be other community collaborators?