Matthew Schuelka

Matthew Schuelka

(schu1168@umn.edu)

Organization: University of Minnesota, Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Presentation: Visualizing Lived Experience: Mapping and Geographical Tools to Better Understand and Analyze the Economic and Social Participation of Adults with Disabilities in Bhutan

Description: Based on a 2019 project while working in in the country of Bhutan, we will present on the differences of services and supports in rural versus urban settings and capture the differences of economic and social activities. This presentation will discuss physical distance and accessibility, the use of “GIS ethnographic mapping” to share lived experiences, and an analysis of studies performed in Bhutan.