Advancing equitable ‘resilience imaginaries’ in the Global South through dialogical participatory mapping: Experiences from informal communities in Brazil

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2024.105015
• Publication Date: 2024-04-16T15:48:45Z
• Authors: Vangelis Pitidis; Jon Coaffee; Fernanda Lima-Silva
• Keywords: Dialogical Self; Community Resilience

Over recent years, and as a result of the global health pandemic, resilience has become increasingly central to contemporary policy discourses in urban planning development both Global North South. Drawing from ongoing empirical studies community everyday practices that have been co-designed co-produced alongside Brazilian marginalised communities which are highly vulnerable range natural hazards, this paper highlights growing importance dialogical stakeholder engagement methodologies designing alternative visions – so-called imaginaries or counter-cities - across South based on social diversity, equity spatial justice. More specifically, participatory mapping approach outlined utilises citizen science approaches develop local imaginaries, building pedagogical work educator Paulo Freire conceptualisation dialogue comprehensive progressively unfolding methodological approach. Practically, we adopted allowed citizens more aware their own risk context embed tacit knowledge into operation civil protection programmes. Our results highlight potential such capture lay contribute enhanced approaches. The concludes by reflecting role formerly voices advancement novelty promise critical co-production within existing regimes governance imagining radically independent counter-cities.