Web-Based, Crowdsourced, First-Person Narratives of Young People's Daily Commutes as a New Method for Identifying Situations Impacting Their Subjective Wellbeing

Oscar Perilla; Jaime Hernández-García; Lina María Yacelga Toro; Ana Medina

doi:10.32891/jps.v10i1.1855

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Published: Oct 11, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32891/jps.v10i1.1855

Keywords:

empathy narrative city planning

Oscar Perilla

Um-Welt Institute

Jaime Hernández-García

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Lina María Yacelga Toro

Um-Welt Institute

Ana Medina

University of Montreal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-2216

Abstract

Young people aged 15-24 represent approximately 21% of the global population and increasingly inhabit urban environments. Traditional wellbeing assessment tools typically depend on surveys that use predefined indicators failing to capture emergent, context-specific factors affecting youth navigating complex urban landscapes. This study addresses: How can we identify situations that impact the subjective wellbeing of young city dwellers during their daily commutes? We introduce “Youth-Targeted Mapped Crowd Sourced Storytelling for Wellbeing-Impacting Situation Identification” (YT-MCSST-4WISI), a novel methodology that combines Mapped Crowd-Sourced Storytelling (MCSST) for narrative collection, with a youth-targeted open-call recruitment strategy, and an analysis strategy encompassing thematic, narrative, phenomenological, and phenomenographic analyses with a focus on subjective wellbeing. We piloted YT-MCSST-4WISI via a participatory contest in Envigado, Colombia, engaging 34 ethically recruited participants aged 15-24. Using the open-source Ushahidi platform, participants submitted geotagged narratives describing their commute experiences. Narratives underwent multi-method analysis to identify recurring situations and emotional patterns. Results identified 30 wellbeing-impacting situations mostly overlooked by conventional surveys, including structural issues like steep topography (14.7% prevalence), heat exposure (23.5%), and transit unreliability, plus symbolic moments such as nature as refuge and social affirmations. By merging empathetic storytelling with scalable participatory tools, YT-MCSST-4WISI bridges constructivist and positivist paradigms, offering a scalable framework for youth-centred urban planning and policy, with strong potential for global scalability.

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Perilla, O., Hernández-García, J., Yacelga Toro, L. M. and Medina, A. (2025) “Web-Based, Crowdsourced, First-Person Narratives of Young People’s Daily Commutes as a New Method for Identifying Situations Impacting Their Subjective Wellbeing”, The Journal of Public Space, 10(1), pp. 37–62. doi: 10.32891/jps.v10i1.1855.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025): Safe and Sound Cities

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Author Biographies

Oscar Perilla, Um-Welt Institute

Oscar Perilla is the creator of the Mapped Crowd Sourced Storytelling (MCSST) methodology—a phenomenology-based approach to empathic research on urban perception. His work revolves around the intersection of art, architecture, public space, and urban experience. Through both academic and professional practice, he has led experimental explorations that challenge conventional understandings of the city through projects that have received awards, grants, and nominations in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Chile, and Colombia. His research and his work have been published, exhibited, and discussed in journals, newspapers, symposia, galleries, and cultural institutions across Italy, the UK, Colombia, Ecuador, Australia, and China. He has served as professor, project supervisor, juror, mentor, guest lecturer, and critic at institutions in Italy, Colombia, and Mexico. He is currently a professor and final projects supervisor at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and is director of the Um-welt Institute, ASDF Arquitectura, and the urban dialogue platform Drink Tank. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the National University of Colombia, with complementary studies in philosophy and project management at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and in physical comfort at UNAM in Mexico. He earned his Master’s degree in Art and Public Space from RMIT University in Australia.

Jaime Hernández-García, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

PhD in Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture from Newcastle Upon Tyne University (England), a Master's Degree in Architecture from York University (England) and a degree in Architecture from the University of the Andes. Jaime Hernández-García has a postdoctorate in City and Conflict from the University of Missouri (Kansas City, US), where he was awarded the Fulbright Research Fellow 2018-2019 scholarship. He has more than 25 years of experience in teaching and research on social, environmental and urban issues, especially informal settlements, public space, urban conflict & peace and nature-based solutions; in Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Australia. He is Full Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. He is a researcher with the Aesthetics, New Technologies and Habitability group, classified in category A1, and a Senior Researcher at the Colombian Ministry of Science and Technology. He is the author of several books, chapters and articles, including: ‘Urban Space: Experiences and Reflections from the Global South’, ‘Ecology of Artificial Landscapes’; ‘Public Space in Informal Settlements, the Barrios of Bogotá’, and ‘Researching the Contemporary City: Identity, Environment and Social Inclusion in Developing Urban Areas’.

Lina María Yacelga Toro, Um-Welt Institute

Lina María Yacelga Toro is a researcher and consultant specializing in sustainable urban development, with an emphasis on urban mobility, urbanism, and non-motorized transport systems. Her research focuses on the perception of insecurity and its relationship to factors such as urban morphology and gender. Her work integrates socioeconomic, demographic, and travel-behavior details to inform the development of intermodal mobility plans that promote urban accessibility, equity, and environmental sustainability. She has contributed to strategic, evidence-based projects that apply interdisciplinary approaches to inform public policy and advance more resilient, inclusive, and space-efficient urban environments, particularly in cities such as Quito and Bogotá. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a Master’s degree in Urban Planning (cum laude) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Ana Medina, University of Montreal

Ana Medina is Assistant Professor at University of Montreal, Canada. She has been Visiting Assistant Professor at Keio University, Tokyo; International Researcher and Invited Professor at Polytechnic University of Madrid; and visiting professor in different universities. Previously, she held the position of Associate Professor and Researcher at Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador, and founder and Director of the Master in Advanced Architectural Design at the same university.
Ana Medina’s research is chiefly concerned with critically examining strategies and practices of collective space in housing and public spaces, in relation to issues of privatization, informality, and healthy spaces. Her work contributes to the field of architecture and urban design through integrating advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence into spatio-temporal data analysis, geospatial analysis/GIS, and cartographies. Her research background includes being international researcher at the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London and the History; the Critical Thinking Program at the Architectural Association in London; and at CO+LABO at Keio University in Tokyo.

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