Berlin: Creativity and Gentrification
In this essay, Dennis Gastelum explores the notion of Berlin as a creative cities and relates experience from a field trip to the Mediaspree area to the Mexican city of Guadalajara. Read More …
Tag: community
Innovative risk communication in Iztapalapa
Mexico City’s district Iztapalapa is a great example for bottom-up risk communication and disaster preparedness, even though it is one of the city’s poorest areas. Read More …
Voices from Ougadougou
An annual art festival transforms the Place de la Femme in Burkina Faso’s capital Ougadougou completely and invites everyone in the community to participate in fascinating activities and shows. Read More …
Participatory Methods: Mapping
Using mapping, you can combine the results of auto-photography and transect walks into a great visualisation of the urgent urban planning issues in a neighbourhood. Read More …
Participatory Methods: Auto-photography
The second participatory method presented in the series on participatory methods is auto-photography, where you encourage community members to take pictures of problems and potential solutions to them. Read More …