“Dhaka Lab”

PAPA Lab Dhaka 13-27 September 2014 OXFAM/NOVIB invited PAPA to do a PAPA Lab in Dhaka with a mix of photographers of DRIK and officers working in OXFAM/NOVIB and the partner organisation YPSA. PAPA’s method of reading the street in shared photo-walks gives an insight in the Tactics of Life in Dhaka. The PAPA Lab will lead to a PAPA Critical City Guide (CCG), a document that will be used as a starting point for a co-creation workshop in Dhaka in October 2014. The co-creation Workshop will be given by Butterfly Works. The co-creation workshop’s aim is to develop ideas for projects for the urban youth in several cities in South East Asia. Participants are Adnan Wahid, Habibul Haque,  Tapash Paul  from DRIK, Arifur Rahman, Abdus Sabur from YPSA and  Sumana Tanchangya,  Dhana Ranjan Tripura from OXFAM NOVIB.

YOUTH ARGUMENTATION

Dhaka -  Demographically Bangladesh is a predominantly young country, one third of the total population consists of young people. So youth aspirations and demands are important.…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

Young expertise

Dhaka -  The young boy of 16 years old is an expert on machine with no training. He possessed this skill learning by doing and living an independent life out of it…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

White Wall

Dhaka -  I can see an abstract painting, the various textures and colors on the white wall, alone and in relation is an inspiration for me and create a lovely composition…
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Urban slum and water logging: a companionship

Dhaka -  The slum near Kamrangirchar are exposed to water logging in all the year around. And the slum dwellers are living with it.…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

They need a new coat of colour

Dhaka -  Walking along the ‘Beribandh’ or the city embankment is an experience to see many things such as tanneries, slums, motor-workshops, waste-recycling shops, expansion of the city etc. What welcome you…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

The sky is the limit

Dhaka -  Do I remember when I looked at the sky for the last time? No, I don’t think so, because I don’t look at the sky anymore. I can’t look…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Terrific Traffic

Dhaka -  A bus assistant looks hopeless as the bus is caught in the traffic for long while at Sat Masjid Road in Dhaka. Bad traffic seems to the ‘matter of must’…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Still smiling

Dhaka -  Smile is universal, it has no language. Lets this smile never fade away from the face while these two little girls in the tacky slum are living on daily issue…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Where is footpath..?

Dhaka -  Due to urbanization process, every day and every where in urban areas new building are constructing. This building construction materials are generally kept in footpath also vehicles parking at footpath…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

Urban Residential Wast Managment Scenario

Dhaka -  Rapid urbanization is taking place especially in cities of developing countries like Bangladesh, Dhaka City is one of them.  Solid waste generation increases proportionatelywith the growth of urban population…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

The unstoppable price of vegetables: Who will control it??

Dhaka -  The income of a household can not make anymore chess with the increasing prices of the necessary goods and vegetables. Lack of proper monitoring of the Government authority to control…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

The good life

Dhaka -  You do not see many scooters in the streets of Dhaka. Not a bad item to start importing here to beat the traffic jam. It also disguises you from the…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

Survival is the fittest

Dhaka -  Dhaka is an opportunistic option for migrated people from many vulnerable parts of Bangladesh who ended up living in the slum areas of Dhaka city. The innovative way they find…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

uses of Mobile phone among low income people

Dhaka -  Mobile phones are very much popular in Bangladesh and its use is increasing steadily. Due to lower price and easy availability of mobile handsets, poor people in Bangladesh can using…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

Urban gardening

Dhaka -  Considering excessive heat because of concrete structures in the capital city, people started planting trees and taking care of them. We don’t have urban forestry in Bangladesh in practice, largely…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

THE UNSEEN BEAUTY

Dhaka -  Dhaka is the city of the co-existence of beauty and odds. …
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

The encroachment

Dhaka -  People keep encroaching the river to make new slum for the people who usually migrate from the other part of the country to Dhaka for better income. Since the…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Street Hawker

Dhaka -  Most of the roads in Dhaka city , we can meet street hawkers . They are static and mobile both . They sale foods to fashion times , cigarettes to handy crafts . They occupied…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Urban Villa

Dhaka -  A person has managed to build a brick house. A huge step forward compared to the houses on poles on the back made of bamboo and thatched panels. The poorest…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

To make green Dhaka

Dhaka -  Businesses are made for profit maximization . But to sale saplings is for profit and made Dhaka more greenery and healthy. Some sapling sales shops grown up in the different parts…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

The three phases

Dhaka -  A few things I feel changed since I visited Dhaka in 2008. One of them is the amount of women covering their faces has increased. Here you see the three…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

THE CITY OF HORNING

Dhaka -  One can call Dhaka the city of horningâ. Unnecessary horning has become part of the culture of the vehicle drivers in this city. You can observe it especially when you…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Street Foods every where

Dhaka -  Different types of foods are available in the street shops . Most of are hand made and open . Local ingredents are used and techniques are applied to make this foods  . Its…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab