Digital Citizenship through the Use of Crowdsourced Data: Mapping Sexual Violence in Public Spaces
- Autores: Elsa Marie D’Silva
- Localización: MIL Cities and MIL Citizens: Informed, Engaged, Empowered by Media and Information Literacy (MIL) / coord. por Alton Grizzle, Maarit Jaakkola, Tomás Durán Becerra, 2021, ISBN 978-958-763-502-7, págs. 157-165
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This chapter examines how crowdsourced data of women’s experiences of sexual violence in publicspaces can aid the search for local solutions by engaging communities and institutional serviceproviders, such as the police. The data provide a basis for creating a space for dialog based oninsights gained from understanding the patterns and trends that are location-based, and they aregreat tools for enhancing digital citizenship. The chapter further illustrates the potential willingnessof communities and local authorities to participate in solutions and describes the importance ofstorytelling and digital citizenship in this context. The chapter highlights the work done by non-profitRed Dot Foundation, in India together with partners in Kenya and Nepal. The chapter concludesby asserting that crowdmapping is a multifaceted tool, which makes women aware of potentiallydangerous locales. Crowdmapping empowers women to report incidents that help keep others safe,and provide a source of data to advise on best practices for avoiding street harassment and assaultin public spaces. This chapter supports the Global Framework for Media and Information LiteracyCities (MIL cities) by demonstrating how the Safecity website and mobile application tools supportthe creative dissemination of knowledge, media literacy, and empowerment of women and girls toenhance place-based community safety.
