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Mapping begins with connection to Country, to knowledge but also to each other. It grows from the stories carried in the land and the responsibility to share them with care. While mapping can be done alone, when people come together to map, something shifts.
Karri Karrak Aboriginal Corporation is the regional corporation for the South West Boojarah region. In 2023, they engaged Winyama for a cultural mapping project with a focus on capturing oral histories, cultural practices, traditional land use, and significant sites. Read more about the project here.
Oral history is the oldest form of knowledge sharing. Today, we continue to tell our stories, with a new variety of mediums, including digital maps in software like Google Earth Pro. In Google Earth Pro, it’s possible to identify specific places, paths and areas of cultural significance using points, lines and polygons. Embedding photos, videos, and audio adds detail to your map. This, in its simplest form, is cultural mapping.
Learn how to start your own cultural mapping project in Google Earth Pro here.
