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Self Determined Participatory Action of Marginalized Groups: The streets of São Paulo

Map Kibera

Type Web Page
Author MapKibera
URL http://mapkibera.org/
Date 2010
Accessed 2010-11-05 12:50:54
Language English
Abstract Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, widely known as Africa's largest slum, remains a blank spot on the map. Without basic knowledge of the geography and resources of Kibera it is impossible to have an informed discussion on how to improve the lives of residents. This November, young Kiberans create the first public digital map of their own community.
Website Title Map Kibera

Map Kibera

Type Web Page
Author MapKibera
URL http://mapkibera.org/
Date 2010
Accessed 2010-11-05 12:50:54
Language English
Abstract Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, widely known as Africa's largest slum, remains a blank spot on the map. Without basic knowledge of the geography and resources of Kibera it is impossible to have an informed discussion on how to improve the lives of residents. This November, young Kiberans create the first public digital map of their own community.
Website Title Map Kibera

Cidade Tiradentes – Cartovideografia

Type Map
URL http://www.cidadetiradentes.org.br/#
Date 2010
Accessed 2010-11-05 12:48:28
Series Title Cidade Tiradentes – Cartovideografia
Language Portuguese

Cidade Tiradentes – Cartovideografia

Type Map
URL http://www.cidadetiradentes.org.br/#
Date 2010
Accessed 2010-11-05 12:48:28
Series Title Cidade Tiradentes – Cartovideografia
Language Portuguese

Santo Amaro em Rede

Type Attachment
URL http://www.sescsp.org.br/santoamaroemrede/
Accessed 2010-11-05 13:30:00
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Santo Amaro em Rede

Type Map
URL http://www.sescsp.org.br/santoamaroemrede/
Date 2010
Accessed 2010-11-05 13:29:58
Series Title Santo Amaro em Rede
Language Portuguese
Abstract No site www.sescsp.org.br/santoamaroemrede, estudiosos, jornalistas e o público em geral interessado em produção cultural terão acesso às informações sobre cada grupo, bem como uma amostra de seu trabalho, em vídeo, texto, e imagem, além do banco de dados quantitativo e qualitativo levantado pelos pesquisadores do projeto.

Ao longo de quase dois anos, os pesquisadores mapearam 326 grupos culturais, artistas individuais, entidades e equipamentos públicos na zona sul de São Paulo. “A gente já conhecia a maioria das pessoas que fez parte do projeto. Mas o bom do mapeamento é que a gente pôde ter alguma coisa mais concreta. Para nós nos auto-reconhecermos, é importante”, explica Diko.

Ao longo do estudo, os 22 pesquisadores envolvidos descobriram, localizaram, descreveram e classificaram artístico-culturais de uma região que começava no Campo Belo, passando por Capão Redondo e Jardim Ângela, e abrangendo até municípios vizinhos como Diadema, Embu, Itapecerica e Taboão, em um total de 19 localidades, entre subprefeituras e municípios adjacentes.

Urban Mirror

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URL http://www.urbanmirror.org/content/
Accessed 2010-11-05 13:00:36
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Urban Mirror

Type Web Page
Author Urban Mirror
URL http://www.urbanmirror.org/content/
Date 2010
Accessed 2010-11-05 13:00:34
Abstract WHAT
Urban Mirror is a project about art and public space, a window into Kenya's urban art scene: audio, visual, performance, literature ….

WHY
We believe that artists are a mirror for the community and we want to give them a voice

HOW
mapping all known and lesser known artists in Kenya
mapping all the public art ideas in Kenya
mapping all the art centres and art events in Kenya
mapping all the public spaces in Kenya
connecting art with public space
creating a community among all the artists in Kenya
giving artists a temporary platform to showcase their work – the Urban Mirror Show

WHO
Urban Mirror is a Community Based Organization started by the hip hop music group Ukoo Flani and the multimedia NGO Cultural Video Foundation. The main purpose of the Organisation is to use art to promote community development.

Website Title Urban Mirror

Grassroots Mapping

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URL http://grassrootsmapping.org/
Accessed 2010-11-05 12:57:48
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Grassroots Mapping

Type Web Page
Author Grassroots Mapping
URL http://grassrootsmapping.org/
Date 2010
Accessed 2010-11-05 12:57:46
Language English
Abstract Grassroots Mapping is a series of participatory mapping projects involving communities in cartographic dispute, started by Jeffrey Warren of the MIT Media Lab‘s Center for Future Civic Media.

This January 2010, Jeff Warren worked with a series of organizations and communities to produce maps with children and adults from several communities in Lima, including the Cantagallo settlement of Shipibo on the bank of the Rimac and the Juan Pablo II community in Villa El Salvador.

Seeking to invert the traditional power structure of cartography, the grassroots mappers used helium balloons and kites to loft their own "community satellites" made with inexpensive digital cameras. The resulting images, which are owned by the residents, are georeferenced and stitched into maps which are 100x higher resolution that those offered by Google, at extremely low cost. In some cases these maps may be used to support residents' claims to land title. By creating open-source tools to include everyday people in exploring and defining their own geography, we hopes to enable a diverse set of alternative agendas and practices, and to emphasize the fundamentally narrative and subjective aspects of mapping over its use as a medium of control.

Website Title Grassroots Mapping

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