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The Base Map |
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The base map was produced using digital elevation contours and bathimetry from printed sources |
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Detail of the base map |
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The sequential colour coding of contours facilitates their tracing on carton board |
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Tracing contours |
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Levuka students tracing single contour lines onto carton board sheets |
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Levuka students |
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29 students from the Delana Methodist High School and the Levuka Public School manufactured the blank model |
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Space in Mind |
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Village elders locating themselves vis-a-vis the blank relief model |
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Spatial recollections |
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Village elders locating landmarks on the blank model |
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Enlightened ... |
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Elder depicting his knowledge on the model |
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Generational exchange |
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helping each other |
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Villagers - Group 1 |
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Villages of Visoto, Nacobo, Natokalau, Nukutocia, Wainaloka, Draiba Koro, Tokou, Naikorokoro and Nasinu
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Handing over the stick ... |
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Villager sharing his two-day mapping experience with a second group of participants |
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There !! |
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The 3dimensional nature of relief models makes recollection of spatial information much easier |
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Mental maps depicted |
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Relief model on day 6 |
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Custodians of intangible heritage |
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Elders have been the main source of local knowledge |
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Please refer to the legend ... |
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Lady facilitator inviting informants to adhere to the legend codes |
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The map legend |
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The map legend eveolves through an iterative process while making the map |
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Coding means |
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Paint, yarn, push and map pins and labels |
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Villagers - Group 2 |
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Villages of Waitovu, Vagadaci, Vatukalo, Levuka, Yarovudi, Rukuruku, Toki, Vuma, Taviya and Nuouo
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Lomaviti people |
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Residents from Lomaviti familiarising with the model before inputting data |
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Putting knowledge in common |
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Scattered knowledge is pooled together through discussion and negotiation, and made visible |
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Intangible cultural heritage |
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A total of 79 places of cultural significance were located (red push pin) and described (label) |
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Completed Model |
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Day 11: The completed 1:10,000-scale model includes 97 different legend items |
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Terrestrial and marine |
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The model displays local knowledge including terrestrial, coastal amd marine ecosystems |
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Our land, our knowledge |
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Details of displayed information include sites of cultural significance (red push pins) |
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Coastline |
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Settlement along coastline. Large white pins symbolise 10 households |
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Villagers - Group 3 |
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Village of Lovoni |
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Thay make it happen |
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Trainees and facilitators from Fiji, Solomon, PNG, Australia,, and the Netherlands |
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Data extraction |
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The modl is tipped to allow for data extraction by means of digital photography |
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"Aerial view" |
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Tipped model ready for taking high resolution pictures |
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Data capturing |
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High resolution images were taken with an 8 megapixel camera. Onscreen digitising follows. |
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