# Additional resources and references

## About Terrastories

### Overview

* :arrow\_forward: [What is the Earth Defenders Toolkit?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2VHSX6rLCg) | **Digital Democracy 2023** (documentary about an earth defenders retreat in Ecuador with testimonies about Terrastories) \[EN]
* :arrow\_forward: [Mapping your place-based oral histories with Terrastories](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cybEjHDFKAA) | **Indigenous Mapping Workshop 2021** (46-min video of a practical workshop) \[EN]
* :arrow\_forward: [Terrastories Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWVxZefNGk) | **Indigenous Mapping Workshop 2020** (16 min-video) \[EN]
* :arrow\_forward: [Lightning Talk: Terrastories](https://youtu.be/ThAHqHxmEPk) | **MozFest 2022** (7-min video) \[EN]
* :arrow\_forward: [Open-source tech built with local & marginalized communities for mapping, safeguarding, and protecting oral histories](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQIzByWP8QQ\&feature=emb_title) | **Code4Lib 2021** keynote (40-min video) \[EN]
* :book: Terrastories | [*Evaluating Participatory Mapping Software*](https://terrastories.app/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Burnett-2023-Evaluating-Participatory-Mapping-Software.pdf) published by Springer, 2023 \[EN]

### Examples of Terrastories projects

* :earth\_africa: [Explore Terrastories](https://explore.terrastories.app/) | Explore multiple communities worldwide that have opted to share some of their content with a greater public
* :book: [Matawai: Place-based storytelling in Suriname](https://www.earthdefenderstoolkit.com/community/matawai-place-based-storytelling-in-suriname/) (case study) \[EN / ES / PT / FR / KM / SW / TH / VI]
* :book: [Ohneganos: Indigenous mapping](https://www.ohneganos.com/indigenous-mapping) \[EN]

## Other resources

* :books: [Earth Defenders Toolkit](https://www.earthdefenderstoolkit.com) (a website that includes multiple guides, videos, case studies, etc.) \[EN / ES / PT / FR]
* :book: [Mapping and recording place-based oral histories: a methodology](https://terrastories.app/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ACT_OralHistories_Guide_2019_ENGLISH.pdf) | The Amazon Conservation Team (guide, PDF) \[EN / NL]
* :book: [Terrastories Community Mapping Project at Six Nations: A Ratikararò:roks (Story Gatherers) Training Guide for the Stewardship of Haudenosaunee Ecological Knowledge](https://terrastories.app/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Six-Nations-Terrastories-1.pdf) | Ohneganos Ohnegahdę:gyo (guide, PDF) \[EN]
* 📝 [ODK / KoboToolbox form to collect places and stories for Terrastories in the field](https://terrastories.app/now-available-an-odk-kobotoolbox-form-to-collect-places-and-stories-for-terrastories-in-the-field/)


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