When marginalized subjects map their city

Counter-mapping experiments with drug users in some German and French neighborhoods

Bibliographic Data

ID12103249
AuthorsMelina Germes (0000-0003-0201-2390, PASSAGES, CNRS, Pessac, France, corresponding author), Luise Klaus (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
Year2021
Volume152
Issue1
Pages96-124
Publication date2021-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0759-1063 • E-ISSN: 2070-2779
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/07591063211040234
OpenAlexW3207411216
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited48

This article aims to contribute to the social science discussion on urban policies and the integration (or exclusion) of the perspectives of marginalized groups by asking the question: If there were to be exhaustive urban planning relating to drug issues, what role should drug users play in the planning process? Our answer involves the use of a set of two complementary qualitative cartographic methods which allow us to focus on the inclusion of the voices of marginalized groups. This article is based on methodological experimentation in different French and German cities without aiming at a comparison. The article exposes and discusses firstly an individual interview method called ‘Emotional Mapping’, and secondly a participatory mapping workshop called ‘Ideal City Mapping’. The output of this project has been a web of visual and textual documents, in the form of reports, papers, articles and events such as a travelling exhibition, with the aim of engaging in public discussions with various key players

Art · Citizen journalism · Exhibition · Geography · German · Ideal (ethics · Inclusion (mineral · Key (lock · Political science · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Urban planning · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Engineering · French Urban and Social Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Participatory Visual Research Methods

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