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Dharavi Weekly 04 - The School Issue

Jun 08 2020

Authors

Bharat

Gangurde

Samidha

Patil

Partha

Shrungarpure

Dharavi Weekly 04 - The School Issue

Jun 08 2020

Authors

Bharat

Gangurde

Samidha

Patil

Partha

Shrungarpure

This article is part of the following collection

Dharavi 2020: The Covid-19 challenge

We at urbz researched the circumstances in Dharavi from April to November. We now present a collection of four pandemic-focused articles, fifteen Dharavi Weekly issues, and five Dharavi Fortnightly issues.

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El Intercambio de Experiencias Comunitarias articuló múltiples organizaciones y voces que viene consolidando procesos de larga data en ámbitos ambientales, pedagógicos, urbanos, artísticos, culturales, decoloniales, bioconstruccion, feministas, académicos . Este espacio es una ventada para la consolidación de enfoques colaborativos en Cali y sus sectores populares. @elchontadurocasacultural @lomeritos.siloe @casagrafo @taller.77 @silofest_ @casagrafo @somoscali500 @colegiolafontainecali @paquerxscomuna20 @colectivamq @trepatona

Primer día del Intercambio de Experiencias comunitarias , pudimos recorrer Siloe , escuchar sus historias y conocer más de los procesos de @camino_albarrio @trepatona @silofest_ @lomeritos.siloe @paquerxscomuna20. Mañana continuaremos con otras experiencia en la Biblioteca de la Comuna 20 @casagrafo @somoscali500 @liurunivalle @colectivamq @elchontadurocasacultural @nataliadulceytaller77. Invitados !

The students of NYUAD Engineers for Social Impact @nyuad_efsi learn that civic infrastructure isn’t just about technological solutions, it’s about how people use, perceive, and interact in a space.

This year, we continued to explore, often neglected or inadequate, but essential civic infrastructure: street lighting, water & sanitation, and emergency systems like firefighting for an urban village.

Students took the time to understand how to build on what already exists. Through a week filled with neighbourhood walks, listening to residents' needs and speaking with local experts, they began to think of ways to design, operate, maintain and manage these systems.

While some students worked on managing the newly installed street-lighting infrastructure, others explored community-led firefighting strategies. The ultimate goal was to understand how infrastructure networks can grow incrementally, truly serving and integrating with the needs of everyday life.

Photos 1, 2: Scouting for locations to install solar panels with local electrician, Ankush

Photo 3: Joseph Vaity, president of the neighbourhood gym, tells us about a recent fire that broke out in the vicinity and how it was managed.

Photo 4: Students immerse themselves in the neighbourhood, trying to understand every nook and corner

Photo 5, 6: neighbourhood walks with the urbz team to understand the existing infrastructure

Photo 7: Students get suggestions and feedback from the residents of Dharavi Koliwada during an event to present their work

Photo 8: A candid moment with Domnik Keni, President of the Dharavi Koli Jamat Trust

Photo 9: Alex Koli, a firefighter and resident of Koliwada, who works with the Mumbai city fire department, encourages students to look at fire safety critically and contextually.

Click on the link in the bio to read a part of the civic infrastructure project!

Los días 9 y 10 de mayo nos encontraremos para compartir el deseo de tejer vínculos entre procesos comunitarios del oriente y la ladera de Cali, por medio del reconocimiento de nuestros saberes y la construcción colectiva desde nuestros territorios.

Creemos que es fundamental abrir espacios en los que podamos escucharnos, intercambiar saberes y aprender - haciendo desde las experiencias colectivas que día a día transforman los territorios @elchontadurocasacultural @casagrafo @trepatona @somoscali500 @colegiolafontainecali @lomeritos.siloe @nataliadulceytaller77 @colectivamq @silofest_ @camino_albarrio @arqurbcolectivo .

Estos dos días estaremos conociendo experiencias comunitarias en espacios llenos de vida para compartir saberes, sabores y caminos recorridos por organizaciones, colectivos, vecinas y vecinos que creen y trabajan por una Cali más justa, activa, solidaria y viva. Si quieres participar inscríbete en el link de nuestro perfil.

As we explore the hidden aquaculture ponds in the Mithi River, we are fascinated by the indigenous practices responsible for the care and maintenance of these low-tech engineering marvels. The students of NYUAD Engineers for Social Impact, Dharavi Fishermen’s Association, Dharavi Koli Jamat and urbz are exploring ways to ease the labour-intensive maintenance routine of the ponds, a growing challenge amidst the highly polluted urban context.

The ponds are one focus area of ‘The Garden of Festivities’ - a project that attempts to unite livelihood concerns with an ecological imagination that grows from the Kolis collective, ancestral knowledge and expertise.

The students tried to dig deeper into understanding more about pond cleaning and management, tidal patterns and environmental shifts, evolving fishing practices and economic reality, cultural identity and community.

Photo 1 - Wilson Koli takes the students around his pond, which he struggles to protect from the garbage and pollution of the Mithi River

Photos 2,3- Following Wilson on his usual route through the mangroves to his pond

Photo 4 - The Fisherman’s Association of Dharavi Koliwada shares more about their fishing practices and gives feedback on the Garden of Festivities project

Photos 5 - The students participated in several discussions with the fishermen and studied three different ponds in which the Kolis still fish. The many conversations with the fishermen led to the realisation that standard engineering solutions are often futile for delicate nature-based livelihood practices.

Photo 6 - Yatish Koli, a fisherman who gave a tour of his pond, sings lores of the “Khambadev”, a local deity who protects the village, as he explains how the sluice gates work to manage the inflow and outflow of water in the ponds.

Photo 7- Ramesh Koli, one of the eldest, most active and most experienced fishermen in Koliwada, explains the use of fishing nets.