The Environmental Justice and Sustainability Research Toolbox

Key Topics to Engage in Module:

1. Participatory mapping
2. Video, photovoice, and audio

Module Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand the key concepts and methods for participatory mapping.
• Know how to create a multimedia product, such as a photovoice project or a podcast episode.

Overview:

Readings:

• D'Ignazio, C., & Klein, L. F. (2020). Data feminism. MIT Press.
• Clifton, K. J. & Smith A. D. L. (n.d.). PEDS - Pedestrian Environment Data Scan. http://kellyjclifton.com/peds/
• AARP. (2022). AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit. https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/getting-around/aarp-walk-audit-tool-kit.html
• Frackelton, A., Grossman, A., Palinginis E., Castrillon F., & Elango, V. (2013). Measuring walkability: Development of an automated sidewalk quality assessment tool. Suburban Sustainability, 1(1), Article 4.

Participatory Mapping

• Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
• Participatory Mapping Institute: Current Projects
• Community and Participatory Mapping in Planning

Watch the above video on "Data Feminism"

• Think about: How do author's compare "data is the new oil" with "data is the same old oppression"? What does "data is power" mean to you? What is an example of "missing data set"? What is the expanded definition of data science in Data Feminism?

Videos, Photovoice, and Audio:

• Live Oak Stories: The Making of a Mural
• By Us, For Us: A Photo-Narrative Project of SCU Student Activists
  • By Us, For Us Photo-Narrative Exhibit Survey
• Sepulveda G., Castillo, S., De La Lima, M., & Wanis, C. (2021). Uplifting Dreamers U& Undocumented Student Voices at SCU [Audio podcast]. Archivist-Activist Media Project, I. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/arch_act_media/1
• PhotoVoice: Ethical Photography
• YPAR Hub. Photovoice Resources
• Podcast Examples:
  • NPR. Living Downstream [Audio podcast]. KRCB-FM. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/655977374/living-downstream
  • Environmental Health News. Agents of Change in Environmental Justice [Audio podcast]. https://www.ehn.org/agents-of-change-podcast-2648772968/year-in-review

YPAR Hub resources designed for youth, but could be easily adapted to the university classroom:

• Community mapping activities (observations, asset mapping)
  • Investigate Mapping
  • Community Mapping
• Photovoice activities

SCU Academic Technology Resources

• Digital Content Development
• Digital Student Assignments

The University of Chicago Academic Technology Solutions

• Creative Assignments: Podcasting

Princeton University Educational & Classroom Technologies

• Podcasting Assignments