New Tactics Strategy Toolkit: Map the Terrain [English]

Whether your work is at the local community or international level, mapping the terrain of relationships allows you to identify more opportunities for intervention. You will be better able to assess your own resources, prepare for your opponents, identify more allies for cooperation, and utilize the most effective tactics.

Nancy Pearson, our New Tactics Training Manager, explains why mapping the terrain is an important piece of developing strategies for human rights work.

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Map the Terrain

who has interest in your problem?

who can you engage in your vision?

we each work within own unique country context

at the same time all human rights work take place

at the context of universal human relationship

we are working to change attitute

behavior and action of people

it is critical to expand the knowledge of yourself

and of your opponent

regarding the network of human relationship

surrounding the problem

we call this, the terrain.

there are strategy tools to map out the terrain of human relationship

including identify the people groups and instiutes

working both for and against changes

whether your work is at local couumnity

or international level

mapping the terrain of relationship

allow you to identify the more opportunities

for intervention

you will be better able to assess

your own resource,

prepare for your opponments

identify more alliance for cooperation

utilize the most effective tactics