3D maps shift power over land stories to Indigenous communities

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Maps have long been used to draw boundaries, rename territories and dispossess Indigenous peoples. Researcher Rohan Fisher uses mapping technology for a different purpose: to help Indigenous communities tell their own stories about the land and shape how it is understood and protected. “The maps are the stories of land, who holds the […]

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