Cultural mapping, also known as cultural resource mapping or cultural landscape mapping, refers to a wide range of
research techniques and tools used to "
map" distinct
peoples' tangible and intangible
cultural assets within local
landscapes around the world. Institutions (including
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...
) concerned about safeguarding
cultural diversity use the term.
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Cultural mapping is also used to describe the use of research methods, tools, and techniques to identify, describe, portray, promote, and plan future use of particular regions' or cities' combined cultural assets and resources:
Cultural mapping is an emerging interdisciplinary field in which a range of perspectives are used as:
See also
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Cultural landscape
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Participatory GIS
References
Cultural geography
Cartography
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