On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > The ideological assumption of OSM is that open sharing of information is > going to strengthen the unrepresented. Yes, in practice, definitely it takes > effort to make open data accessible and empowering to all ... that's why a 3 > week project in Kibera has grown to a 6+ month project. The empowerment > touches on so many issues ... especially economic and educational ... and > that's something we're starting to look at. But ultimately, my belief is > that power is more distributed the more things are out in the open. > Mikel, is Robert Neuwirth [1][2] still based in Kibera? It'll be interesting to know what he thinks of Map Kibera. [1] http://squattercity.blogspot.com/ [2] http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Cities-Billion-Squatters-Urban/dp/0415933196
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