Explore: a landmark achievement for Terrastories

For the first time ever, using a new feature called  Explore Terrastories, some of the content that communities have been creating on Terrastories can be explored freely without needing to log in.

Explore Terrastories! Local stories for a wider public

 Explore Terrastories, a freshly released feature, weaves a new bridge between local processes and a broader public, with access to specific place-based stories that communities have decided to share online.

Terrastories featured in new “What is the Earth Defenders Toolkit” video!

This network of people and organizations met together in the Ecuadorian Amazon in May 2023, during the Earth Defenders Toolkit Gathering, convened by Digital Democracy. In this video, partners and allies from Waorani, Siona, Wayana and Mohawk territories, share their experiences with using these tools and the inspiring connections that were nourished at the Gathering. 

Wayana community in Suriname uses Terrastories as part of their mapping project

PARAMARIBO — According to the Wayana natives, their habitat, which has been demarcated by themselves, covers about 15 percent of Suriname. The Wayana area has a total area of 24,865 square kilometers and is located in the southeast of the country. That came out on Monday at the presentation of George Awankaroe who was closely involved in the demarcation process. This area is home to 862 indigenous people and has nine villages.

Six Nations Polytechnic Academy integrates Terrastories, a place-based storytelling and mapping tool, into the Indigenous-focused curriculum of a high school classroom

Crossposted from Digital Democracy blog Meet Chris Martin and Kali Anevich, two educators at Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP), a Haudenosaunee-governed Indigenous educational institute on Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation! Chris is a Water Project Lead at the SNP’s STEAM Academy for high school students, and Kali is a Geography and Environmental Science …

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2021 Indigenous Mapping Workshop: Mapping your place-based oral histories with Terrastories

Featuring Christopher Martin from the STEAM Academy at Six Nations and Ohneganos Ohnegahdę:gyo. In this interactive workshop at the 2021 Indigenous Mapping Workshop which took place on November 2, 2021, workshop participants used Terrastories, a free and open-source application for mapping and locating place-based stories, to map our own knowledge and stories about our land.  After …

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