TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of participatory village maps in strengthening public participation practice
AU - Akbar, A.
AU - Flacke, J.
AU - Martinez, J.
AU - van Maarseveen, M.F.A.M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: We would like to thank the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) for supporting this research. We thank all the respondents from Kramat Gajah, Kolam, Denai Lama, Sidoharjo I Pasar Miring, and Tandem Hulu II villages, Deli Serdang District, who enthusiastically responded to our questions and helped our fieldwork. We thank Muhammad Farouq Ghazali Matondang, Ziki Wahyu Rinaldi, Faisal Andrean, Umar Hamdan Hasibuan, IndieMap, and our colleagues at the University of Sumatera Utara (USU) and the State University of Medan (UNIMED) for providing technical support during data collection. We also thank anonymous reviewers for providing useful comments that helped to improve the paper.
Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP; grant no. PRJ-561/LPDP/2015).
Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Republic of Indonesia?s Ministry of Finance Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP; grant no. PRJ-561/LPDP/2015).
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - This study investigated the role of participatory village maps in strengthening the Musrenbang, an annual multi-stakeholder public consultation forum to discuss development issues and plans in Indonesia. We evaluated the Musrenbang in five villages in Deli Serdang District after conducting participatory mapping workshops to produce village maps to inform the Musrenbang process. Our results show that communication between Musrenbang participants improved because the maps provided a clear definition of the village administrative area, geospatial data as resources for participation, transparency, and a dynamic deliberative process. Collaboration was also evident as the maps enabled participants to exchange knowledge, experience social learning, and have greater influence on the decision-making process. Despite the benefits, some issues impeded the optimal use of the village maps to support the participatory process in the Musrenbang. The maps could not completely overcome the power disparities between Musrenbang participants. Certain actors still dominated the implementation of the Musrenbang, making the deliberative process inaccessible to and less inclusive of some local stakeholders. Several improvements are urgently needed to optimise the use of participatory village maps and enhance Musrenbang implementation.
AB - This study investigated the role of participatory village maps in strengthening the Musrenbang, an annual multi-stakeholder public consultation forum to discuss development issues and plans in Indonesia. We evaluated the Musrenbang in five villages in Deli Serdang District after conducting participatory mapping workshops to produce village maps to inform the Musrenbang process. Our results show that communication between Musrenbang participants improved because the maps provided a clear definition of the village administrative area, geospatial data as resources for participation, transparency, and a dynamic deliberative process. Collaboration was also evident as the maps enabled participants to exchange knowledge, experience social learning, and have greater influence on the decision-making process. Despite the benefits, some issues impeded the optimal use of the village maps to support the participatory process in the Musrenbang. The maps could not completely overcome the power disparities between Musrenbang participants. Certain actors still dominated the implementation of the Musrenbang, making the deliberative process inaccessible to and less inclusive of some local stakeholders. Several improvements are urgently needed to optimise the use of participatory village maps and enhance Musrenbang implementation.
KW - participatory village maps
KW - Indonesia
KW - public participation
KW - evaluation
KW - participatory mapping
KW - geospatial data
KW - Musrenbang
KW - rural development
KW - village stakeholders
KW - spatial knowledge
KW - ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
KW - ITC-GOLD
KW - UT-Gold-D
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://library.itc.utwente.nl/login/2021/isi/akbar_rol.pdf
U2 - 10.3390/ijgi10080512
DO - 10.3390/ijgi10080512
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 28
JO - ISPRS international journal of geo-information
JF - ISPRS international journal of geo-information
SN - 2220-9964
IS - 8
M1 - 512
ER -