“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.

Bamboo made Slum Corridor

Dhaka -  About 3.4 million people live in some 5000 slums of Dhaka city. Life for the slum people is full of miseries and sufferings. Slums growth have accelerated due to…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

BAKARKHANI TRADITIONAL FOOD OF OLD DHAKA

Dhaka -  The Dhakai Bakarkhani is a traditional food of the people of old Dhaka. It was so famous for its quality and taste that there was great demand for it in…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

a€˜Watereda€™ life

Dhaka -  Most of the slums in Dhaka are surrounded by waters; they are standing on the bank of the rivers or lakes which reason the slum dwellers to have water…
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

A Bird in cage

Dhaka -  A man-carrying wild parrots in the cage on the street for selling. Bird is seriously injured in the cage, Dhanmondi, Dhaka  …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

a€˜Dhakaia€™ California

Dhaka -  Fried chicken is getting cheap in some cities of Bangladesh. Like this restaurant, many fried chicken restaurant are growing up with all the western names. They named this restaurant…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

4.Big Forces Dhaka Bangladesh

Dhaka -  There is no denying: big forces are at work in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nature - the climate which causes the flooding of the land. The enormous pollution of the factories…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

At twelve

Dhaka -  At twelve o’clock school finishes. Last night I had a long talk with an Italian business man in my guesthouse. He is working for a firm that develops chemicals…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

3. Using every possibility

Dhaka -  To set up your shoe repair shop on less than a square meter in the middle of the sidewalk while pedestrians squeeze themselves past you, requires a high degree…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

A SMILE ISNa€™T CHEAP BUT PRICELESS

Dhaka -  Through photography I have met countless people. Most of them are ultra-poor, they live hand to mouth. They become dark, harsh. But what amazes me is the honest smile…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

2. Happiness is from within

Dhaka -  It’s amazing how resilient the people are that you meet on the street here in Bangladesh. They are living under conditions that many of us would not endure for…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab