Dr. Robert Chambers from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK, reflects on the intersection of participatory development and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and on the resulting good and bad practices. In the interview Dr. Chambers calls on practitioners and development agencies to ensure that good practice is put in place to avoid the repetition of the misuse of PRA (i.e. Participatory Rural Appraisal) done in the 80's and 90's.
Movie realized by Mr.Clément at the french school in Holland (The Hague).
Done in 1991.
The building don't exist anymore. Houses were built instead (see my other videos)
School name: Lycée français Vincent Van Gogh
Reportage over actieve bewoners uit de Bijlmer voor het behoudt van hun Bijlmerpark.
Online uitgezonden via NPS new Arrivals 5e ronde 2009
tien minuten waarin de algehele tendens mbt bomen en bomenkap in kaart is gebracht met het Bijlmerpark als voorbeeld. De vraag is ; hoe creeren we een keerpunt ?
Het antwoord ligt mede in de houding van bestuurders en politici en wat Amsterdam betreft in de Hoofd Groen Structuur. Deze HGS zit echter sinds kort in een nieuw jasje .... en dat jasje kleurt niet meer groen.
Educational Video on CyberTracker produced in the framework of the project "support the spread of good practice in generating, managing, analysing and communicating spatial information". The video documents how indigenous peoples are using cutting edge technology to gather georeferenced data on the bio-physical and socio-economic environment their are living in. It also documents how ICTs can be instrumental in motivating younger generations in safeguarding and nurturing traditional knowledge and skills. The documented case specifically refers to monitoring biodiversity and climate change impacts.
Twee reisbijbel-vrienden gaan vanuit de hoofdstad van Finland (met een omweg via Rusland; Helsinki-Tallinn-St-Peterburg-Moskou-Min sk-Berlijn) terug naar huis. In dit eerste deel zie je de reis van Helsinki naar Tallinn.
Speaker: Erik de Bruijn
Language: Dutch (spoken in the Netherlands).
The RepRap project is a project to make an affordable 3D printer that can make most of its own parts. In a sense, it can replicate. People around the world are evolving its open source design and designing other things that you can produce on the machine.
For more information, see:
- Official project site: http://www.reprap.org/
- My blog: http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/categories/7-RepRap
Former child soldier Filip was forced to fight along with the rebels from the time he was 5 years old. After the war, War Child aimed to help him pick up his life again. This is his story.