Participatory Mapping Process
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Mapping of commons uses and community resources
Multiple uses values of Coastal Commons
4 broad categories of uses were identified in the different activity zones of the coastal commons
Livelihood and Economic
Recreation and Cultural
Rituals and Sacred Sites
Ecologicy and habitat
1 Livelihood Spaces
Boat Landing
Net Casting
Drying, Storage and Sales
Net Repair and Fixing
2 Cultural Activities and Rituals
3 Ecological Markers
Rituals for Funerals
Guardian Temple: Village Boundary Marker
Olive Ridley Turtle Nesting. Credits: Shravan Krishnan
Beach Vegetation
4 Recreational Spaces
Recreation such as Football, Kabaddi, and event
Elevated Event Platform
Evening resting zones
What are Cultural Landscapes in the context of Fishing communities?
Cultural landscapes are those where human interaction with natural systems has, over a long period, formed a distinctive landscape. These interactions, in the case of World Heritage cultural landscapes, are of outstanding universal value.
Coastal Commons that are created by the interaction of nature and man are a type of cultural landscapes set in Urban centers. The values of these landscapes and their various uses are not captured or managed as such, leading to their degradation of their values over time.
The Beach is a Highly contested public space where livelihood and recreational spaces, in the name of ‘beach beautification’, often determine who has access to the beach.
Insufficient data on the values of fishing landscapes beyond capital gains, exacerbates the vulnerability of these communities in addition to weak enforcement of policies, and mismanagement of coastal commons.
Creating a "shared language" for discussions on key themes
What does development mean to you?
Can you describe your neighbourhood during your childhood? What has changed and remained?
How do you measure or view "Quality of Life" ?
""The role of culture in sustaining the coastal landscapes refers to shared activities within a group being simultaneously a mediator and an underlying condition. Culture mediates moral codes, behavioural rules, and what kind of conduct is tolerated by others in business terms or otherwise in a given environment. Coastal fishers’ CoP forms a cultural way of life binding them socially and economically, and at the same time connecting them to the surrounding world." - MDPI, 2019
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