Ana Luísa Teixeira
Ana Luísa Teixeira 2021 Young Explorer, geographer, master degree student at Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei and leader of chapter Unificar Ações e informações Geoespaciais of Youthmappers network. In the chapter, the team leads 2 projects: 1 mapping of historical heritage in São João del-Rei (Minas Gerais - BR) and 2 mapping of communities in the municipality of Tefé (Amazonas, BR) to remove them from cartographic invisibility.
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Session
The Amazon Forest, its traditional peoples, and riverside communities represent an immense challenge for official cartography, due to scale and extension factors. This presentation aims to show the experiences of the Unificar Ações e Informações Geoespaciais (UAIGeo) chapter of the Brazilian YouthMappers in mapping riverside communities in the Amazon rainforest region, focusing on the city of Tefé and its islands. Due to its female leadership role and the goals of empowering young women in geospatial and technical skills, the presentation emphasizes the importance of engaging and encouraging female students to link mapping and female empowerment.