> 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. I don't think so, but I'm going to reach out to him. His book is very good, and provided one of the core quotes I use to advocate Map Kibera. -Mikel
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