5. When completed ask the participants to reflect on what the timeline tells them. Questions such as: • Are there any trends or repetition? • What important changes, positive or negative, occurred over time? • How did the exercise make them feel? What are they most proud of. What challenges the community overcome and how? • What event/s impacts on the community still? • What can the historical events teach us how to be/react/work together today? • … and so on Tool 11: Mapping the situation When to use Purpose Time Resources Stage 3 Based on a visual stimulus (such as a drawing, map or photo), community mapping encourages diverse groups of people to describe what is happening in their community. Various All or some of: Map/photo/drawing, pens, markers, sticky notes Based on a visual stimulus (such as a drawing, map or photo), community mapping is a powerful tool because: • it encourages diverse groups of people to describe what is happening in their community, • it communicates this story to a broad audience, immediately and graphically. Mapping encourages a high level of participation (exercises are often led and run entirely by local people) and the recorded, visual output can be used to bridge any verbal communication gap that might exist. The mapping exercise can be used to generate discussions about local priorities and aspirations. During the implementation of a project, changes can be recorded on maps made during the project planning. When evaluating a project, comparative maps show whether or what change has been made. Human rights issues street survey in Tūranganui Gisborne, Aotearoa New Zealand (Photo by J Chrisp) APF HRCLD Guide Mapping can happen during a workshop, as part of a community meeting or over a period of time, such as during a street or bus stop survey (as in this photo) where people gather. 79