[Oe List ...] gridding request

[Sunny Walker]

Hi Ann,

After the 2000 Global Conference, we did some of this locally (in Denver),
but not much. Here is a document we dredged up from somewhere that we
reviewed before we set out. It seems produced more for us (college educated
Order folk) and we were working with people who had much more street savvy,
but less command of English vocabulary (some Spanish-only, and some of them
with only a few years of formal education at the elementary level). I
thought I had more background, but if so it's gone into in hiding.

 

What we found worked best was getting them out on the streets. We gave them
anywhere from a one-block area to walk around (an evening with little time
at the end of something else) or a whole evening, or a few hours on a
Saturday. And we gave them little "maps" (mostly just a piece of paper with
the equivalent geography laid out very simply so they could write down
street names and stay oriented). While they were out, we put a large
rendition of the combined little maps up on the wall and had them fill it in
when they returned. We also had one of the GIS produced big aerial maps on
the wall to add to the fun (kids and youth are more adept at reading these
than I'll ever be!). The breakthroughs, of course, were in the conversation
afterwards.

 

Blessings,

 

Sunny

Sunny Walker

303-671-0704

Cell: 303-587-3017

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of Ann Avery
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 7:19 AM
To: OE
Subject: [Oe List ...] gridding request

 

Hello everyone,

A little request for advice on teaching gridding  as simply as possible--

I couldn't find anything on gridding in the (wonderful!) repository except
some images of the global grid.  I would appreciate improvement on what I've
written below, and some other graphic examples that might be available.
Does anyone have a copy of the "handy little" Methods Manual (no date).
Does it have a green cover?  

Gridding your geography

Geographic gridding is a way of understanding your geo-social environment.
When you grid, you make decisions about the geography concerned, guided by
observing and asking questions. 

Then you represent this information with a simple straight line drawing that
anyone can reproduce easily.  

This process can build consensus about your physical and social context.

You can  grid the planet, your country,  region, district, or community.
[Here I would like to have a few samples, in addition to a version of the
world grid from the repository. Does someone have others of smaller areas
such as districts or villages to share?]

Steps:

1.  Determine the outer boundaries of the area you are looking at.

2.  Simplify them by drawing straight lines to make a shape that you could
easily draw freehand. 

3. Thinking about the area, looking at maps or talking to people who know it
well, ask these questions, and record the information on your shape.

        What are natural or manmade boundaries within the area?

        What roads, bus routes, paths, train tracks, air routes are
important?

        Nodes: Where do people gather for commerce, celebration, health
care, education, etc.

        What are physical landmarks?  

4.  With that information, where would it make sense  to divide the area
into 5 sections?  How would you describe each area?  

5.  Name each area.



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