Posted 4 years, 6 months ago just before lunchtime by oso
Originally posted on Global Voices.
In the first Rising Voices podcast we visited Bangladesh, where the Nari Jibon center is teaching young women in Dhaka to express themselves by participating in the online conversation. This week we are changing the format and releasing this podcast in two separate parts.
First we become acquainted with Medellín, Colombia; its violent past, its current tenuous peace, and the mathematician mayor who is comissioning gigantic modernist libraries in the city’s most impoverished neighborhoods.
In the second part of this podcast, which will be published later in the week, we’ll focus on the HiperBarrio project and learn how a few motivated Medellin bloggers are headed to the hills of their city to teach the tools of citizen media to working class youth.
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In today’s podcast we speak with:
- Hector Aristizabal, Director of the ImaginAction theater group.
- Adam Isacson, senior associate of the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC.
- Aldo Civico, Director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University in New York City.
- Juliana Rincón, blogger, Global Voices author, and co-founder of Medallo Bloguero.
The introductory background music is “Madrugada a la Gil Evans” by the Paloseco Brazz Orchestra and was found on ccMixter. The closing song, “Del Cielo Que Nos Robaron” is by Colombian trova musician and blogger, Lizardo Carvajal. It was released under a Creative Commons 2.5 license as part of the iSummit 2006 DVD.
As promised in the podcast, here is a YouTube video of Medellin’s MetroCable:
It is also worth reading Andres Duque’s thoughts on the MetroCable and how it has helped transform Medellin.
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Our City of Oakland leaders could learn a thing or two from Medellín’s recent renaissance ~ I should have them listen to this amazing podcast ~ Héctor Aristizábal’s quote during the opening music is pretty inspiring: “The possibility to create, using our own stories, using our own wounds, is what Art has always offered human beings.” You must be so proud of this podcast……..~
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[...] here in Medellín. In fact, I’ve long thought that Rio de Janeiro should follow Medellín’s strategy of building integrated public transit to the centers of the most vi… which are then outfitted with modern libraries, schools, and health clinics. Travis Fox argues that [...]
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[...] here in Medellín. In fact, I’ve long thought that Rio de Janeiro should follow Medellín’s strategy of building integrated public transit to the centers of the most vi… which are then outfitted with modern libraries, schools, and health clinics. Travis Fox argues that [...]