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  "title": "Mapping Migratory Routes of Pastoralists across India",
  "publishedAt": "2021-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "textContent": "This project, documented on the Janastu Blog, set out to collect, visualise, and integrate data about the seasonal migratory routes of pastoralist communities across India. Pastoralism is a land-use practice that predates most administrative boundaries, yet pastoralists' routes are increasingly disrupted by urbanisation, infrastructure projects, and policy changes.\n\nThe mapping work combined GIS tools with participatory research methods- an approach I also employed when mapping the history of cinema halls in Hyderabad- drawing on the knowledge of pastoralist communities themselves. The aim was not just to produce maps but to make visible a pattern of land use that is often invisible to planners- and to do so in a way that centres indigenous knowledge, much like the Climate Resource Center project did for agrarian practices in Bidar.\n\nRead the project documentation on Janastu Blog",
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