[diversity-talk] Fwd: huge gender differences in mapping

[alyssa wright]

OK!  There's so much email to respond to/contemplate but in the while, check out this gender project from Nicaragua! 




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> From: Mike Kozuch <mkozuch at mylifelog.org>
> Date: July 16, 2013, 12:12:15 PM EDT
> To: awright at opengeo.org
> Subject: huge gender differences in mapping
> 
> Hi Alyssa,
> 
> You may recall that I met you at the OpenStreetMaps conference in SF and was headed to Nicaragua to embark on a mapping project to determine if we saw gender differences in our mapping.
> 
> Preliminary results show a massive difference.
> 
> We set up 3 groups of 5 kids each, elementary through high school, to map an 8 square block section of a rural town in the highlands of Nicaragua. The groups consisted of boys, teenage girls, and younger "tween" girls. The results were astounding and showed only about 20-25% in overlapping points of reference. Boys tended to map the pool halls, bars and generally male hangouts, while the girls were big on mapping the beauty salons and stores. Interestingly, the young girls mapped the most points and provided more detail than the older girls.
> 
> I am still working with the group remotely and will continue this project for the next year. 
> 
> It's great to see these results which fully support the points you brought up in your talk. I'll keep you posted on developments.
> 
> Mike Kozuch
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