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By Giovanna Astolfo, Harriet Allsopp, Maciej Duszczyk, Yvonne Franz, Annegret Haase, Karlis Laksevics, Bahanur Nasya, Ieva Raubisko, Ursula Reeger, Anika Schmidt
This essay is the housing story of Ahmed (pseudonym) and his family, as it parallels housing-policy shifts in India, particularly in Mumbai. The timeframe for this story intersects with the three decades of economic liberalization and policy deregulation in India. As this personal trajectory unfolds in Dharavi, one of the biggest slums in Asia, it raises simultaneous questions and issues when linked to the social-housing evolution at the municipal and national scale.
鈥榃ayn el-Dawleh!?鈥� (Where is the State!?) is a very popular Lebanese saying, one I heard frequently exclaimed by every member of my family, especially when the power cut in the middle of dinner. I was born in 1993, three years after the end of 15 years of conflict that ravaged the country and devastated its capital, Beirut, which my family calls home. Lebanon today is a country characterised by the nepotism, corruption and neglect of its political elite.
By Rita Lambert and Edurne Bartolome
By Fildzah Husna Amalina, Kirana Putri Prastika, Ignacia Ossul-Vermehren
DPU鈥檚 partner , reflects on the role of documentary making as part of the action-research project Re-Framed conducted in two low-income neighbourhoods in Solo, Indonesia and Lima, Per煤. The project aims to advance collective narrative construction, and to develop an ethical and practical framework for working remotely on visual outputs.听
Research has highlighted the importance of accessible community gardens in providing a space to protect and enhance older people鈥檚 wellbeing as they age. This is particularly pertinent in the context of UK鈥檚 ageing population as it is juxtaposed with other public spaces become increasingly exclusive, to the exclusion of older people. Through adopting a spatial justice perspective, it is discerned that whilst many community gardens across the UK are ostensibly open for everyone to enjoy, not everyone can equally access these coveted spaces.
Authors: Claudy Vouh茅 (L鈥櫭猼re 茅gale) and Nelly Leblond (DPU), with contributions from Penda Diouf (OGDS), Ang猫le Kou茅 (GEPALEF), Astrid Mujinga (CFCEM/GA), Jeannine Raoelimiadana (SiMIRALENTA) and Mina Rakotoarindrasata (Genre en Action), and Adriana Allen (DPU)
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The DeCID handbook is a practical toolkit for actors involved in co-designing with children affected by displacement. It stands for 鈥楧esigning with children in displacement鈥�, an abbreviation that plays on the word 鈥榙ecide鈥� 鈥� a right the handbook believes children and communities affected by displacement should be entitled to. Indeed at the core of its approach is the belief that children are agents and right holders who have the knowledge and expertise with which to shape their own lives.
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