Urban health through clean air
Urban health thru clean air
Urban health through clean air
brief.
brief.
High air pollution and limited community awareness of this situation often deter collective environmental action. This citizen research was a process that merged open access technology, design, and DIWO [Do-It-With-Others] practices to foster environmental monitoring skills in citizens to care of nature and, consequently, ourselves. The project culminated in two fanzines of explorations, six Arduino-based monitors and the discovery of a microbial indicator pattern currently being developed into an academic article.
High air pollution and limited community awareness of this situation often deter collective environmental action. This citizen research was a process that merged open access technology, design, and DIWO [Do-It-With-Others] practices to foster environmental monitoring skills in citizens to care of nature and, consequently, ourselves. The project culminated in two fanzines of explorations, six Arduino-based monitors and the discovery of a microbial indicator pattern currently being developed into an academic article.
thanks to.
thanks to.
This project was managed by Santiago Gil [programmer] and I, who conformed Cripsis_Lab. Thanks to participants and La Barco Cowork Space team, for opened up to co-creation.
This project was managed by Santiago Gil [programmer] and I, who conformed Cripsis_Lab. Thanks to participants and La Barco Cowork Space team, for opened up to co-creation.
Figure 1. Map of Bogotá with eight microbial cultures developed from samples across different urban locations.
Figure 1. Map of Bogotá with eight microbial cultures developed from samples across different urban locations.
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extract.
“Asthma alters her world perception, each breath burns intensely in her chest. One night, when she finally falls asleep, she dreams about what it would be like if the city’s animals shared her same condition.” {translated}
“Asthma alters her world perception, each breath burns intensely in her chest. One night, when she finally falls asleep, she dreams about what it would be like if the city’s animals shared her same condition.” {translated}
“Asthma alters her world perception, each breath burns intensely in her chest. One night, when she finally falls asleep, she dreams about what it would be like if the city’s animals shared her same condition.” {translated}
“Asthma alters her world perception, each breath burns intensely in her chest. One night, when she finally falls asleep, she dreams about what it would be like if the city’s animals shared her same condition.” {translated}
— Extract from Luna. A story made with participants using the exquisite corpse tool.
— Extract from Luna. A story made with participants using the exquisite corpse tool.
— Extract from Luna. A story made with participants using the exquisite corpse tool.
— Extract from Luna. A story made with participants using the exquisite corpse tool.
Figure 2. Leaf surface bioindicators through a microscope / Figure 3. Participants / Figure 4. Group analysis of leaf surfaces bioindicators / Figure 5. Arduino-based device assembling.
Figure 2. Leaf surface bioindicators through a microscope / Figure 3. Participants / Figure 4. Group analysis of leaf surfaces bioindicators / Figure 5. Arduino-based device assembling.
design process.
design process.
Curious about what we can create together?
Curious about what we can create together?
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