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Background: Social mapping, though an old approach in public health education and research, not prac-ticed much in nursing education. This study was conducted to describe the social mapping process in a semi-urban area in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh in India and to describe the implications of such social mapping from the students' perspective. Methods: This participatory rural appraisal was conducted for the Bachelor of Nursing Students in a semi-urban settlement in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The social mapping process was conduct-ed in three broad steps- classroom-based teaching of social mapping, conducting social mapping in the community and a debriefing session with the students. The major outcome of this educational activity was the social map. In addition, we also came up with the students’ implications through group discus-sion. Results: A facility map was constructed by the community members which was replicated by the teach-ers. The map was triangulated by the teachers through a transect walk in that area. The students came out with various academic, clinical, and administrative implications from this educational session. Conclusion: Social mapping can be used as a potential tool in nursing education. More evidence is re-quired on this learning approach before recommending it in the Community Nursing curriculum.
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RESUMEN Los Servicios Ecosistémicos (SE) son bienes y servicios que la humanidad obtiene de la naturaleza y a los que se asigna valor ecológico, económico y social, aunque se ha brindado menor atención al estudio de este último. Esta deficiencia es más notable en el caso de los humedales costeros, que proveen importantes SE, escasamente explorados desde la perspectiva social y espacial, pese a su pertinencia en la planificación territorial. Para conocer el estado del arte relativo a la valoración social de SE de humedales costeros y la importancia del análisis espacial en el proceso, se realizó una revisión documental sistemática (2005-2018) que permitió observar una tendencia positiva en el número de publicaciones, en especial en el último trienio. Se identificó que el valor social carece de una definición estandarizada y se ha enfocado a servicios sin valor de mercado, mientras que en lo relativo a dimensión espacial, se encontró que se ha venido incorporando con esquemas de mapeo participativo, dirigido a determinar la accesibilidad a sitios de provisión de SE y a la identificación de sitios de valor social dentro de los humedales, sin que la producción de mapas sea relevante. No se encontraron elementos para determinar si la valoración social es complementaria o alternativa a la económica, pero se requiere crear un marco conceptual para la valoración integral basado en la pluralidad de valores de los SE como una estrategia de conservación de los humedales.
ABSTRACT Ecosystem Services (ES) include goods and benefits that people obtain from nature and to which ecological, economic and social values are assigned, although less attention has been given to the study of the latter. This deficiency is particularly notable for coastal wetlands, which provide important ES, rarely studied from a social and spatial perspective, despite their relevance in territorial planning. To define the state-of-the-art about social assessment of SE in coastal wetlands and the importance of spatial analysis in that process, a systematic documentary review (2005-2018) was carried out, finding a positive trend in the number of publications, with a notable increase in the last three years. It was found that social value lacks clear definition and has focused on services without market value, while in terms of spatial dimension it has been included with participatory mapping schemes, aimed at determining the accessibility to SE provision sites and the identification of social value sites within the wetlands, but with a little relevant map production. No elements were found to conclude if social valuation is complementary or alternative to the economic one, but it is necessary to create a conceptual framework for the integral valuation, based on the plurality of values of the SE as a strategy for the conservation of wetlands.
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El propósito de este artículo de revisión es identificar las relaciones conceptuales existentes entre la territorialidad y la subjetividad, y proponer la cartografía social como una herramienta metodológica que permite la comprensión de dichas relaciones. Este objetivo se lleva a cabo por medio de la revisión de documentos que representan resultados de investigación desarrollados en el marco de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanas en Colombia y algunos casos de América Latina. Se presenta el análisis de documentos que abordan la territorialidad, la subjetividad y la cartografía social a través de la comprensión de diversas problemáticas sociales.
The purpose of this article is to identify and provide an understanding of the relational concept between territoriality, subjectivity, and social mapping, and to propose its use as a methodological tool. Its aim, based on the revision of documents is to show the research results conducted based on Human and Social Sciences areas in Colombia and among others in Latin America. Thus an analysis of documents considering territoriality, subjectivity, and social mapping of various social problems, are addressed.