Culture Map — K.A.P.O.K. Jamaica
See what we honour, then add your voice
K.A.P.O.K. listens for 25 cultural items across 7 categories in Jamaica's communities. Each one explains what we honour and why it matters, then links to the cultural survey you can answer for your 1 km² zone.
1. Land & Water — Are we honouring the earth and protecting life?
Culture is rooted in the land. We listen for ancestral land connection, traditional knowledge of seasons and terrain, respect for rivers and sacred water, and the freedom to grow and share culturally meaningful food — the living relationship between a people and their place.
2. Knowledge & Elders — Are we honouring wisdom and passing it on?
Knowledge lives in our elders. We track herbal and natural medicine knowledge, the transmission of stories, skills and guidance between generations, and the survival of Patois, local names and oral traditions — the memory that keeps a culture whole.
3. Youth & Continuity — Are we carrying our identity forward?
Continuity is how culture survives. We look at whether young people are learning identity, values and history, whether families stay connected to land and home across generations, and whether women's knowledge and care keep communities strong.
4. Spiritual & Cultural Life — Are we upholding spirit and living in truth together?
Spirit is the heartbeat of a people. We listen for drum, music and oral tradition, sacred spaces for worship and reflection, ceremony and festival life, community reasoning, and respect for identity, beliefs, locks, language and dress.
Answer the Spiritual & Cultural Life cultural survey for your zone
5. Self-Reliance & Governance — Are our community's decisions our own?
Strength is self-determined. We track mutual aid and shared labour, trusted community-rooted leadership, decisions guided by natural law and moral order, and the sovereignty of a community to choose and govern its own way of life.
Answer the Self-Reliance & Governance cultural survey for your zone
6. Stewardship & Heritage — Are we protecting what belongs to us?
Heritage is a trust we hold for those to come. We look at how we steward the land, build with natural and local materials, protect sacred sites and historic places, and carry awareness of reparative justice — honouring our past while guarding our future.
Answer the Stewardship & Heritage cultural survey for your zone
7. Economy & Dignity — Are we upholding our worth and building with purpose?
An economy should serve people, not just profit. We listen for economic independence earned through craft, farming, food, music and healing, and for cultural tourism welcomed on our own terms — with consent, boundaries and local benefit.