Mapping as a means of farmworker education and empowerment

Mapping is a simple activity that can be effectively linked to popular educ ation of non-students. Mapping exercises hale the potential to contribute t o profound shifts in thought because the activity simultaneously draws on a nd challenges deep-seated experiential knowledge. The transformative potent ial of mapping is illustrated with health-promoter workshops for Latino mig rant farmworkers in Benson. North Carolina, that took place in 1998 and 199 9. The workshops are part of a larger project designed to reduce pesticide exposure by using community participatory research to develop and dissemina te culturally appropriate teaching materials among Latino workers.