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“They [pupils] will not forget,” said teacher Damallie Kibirige from Buganda road primary school in Uganda. “The i-CMiiST project [was crucial] to aid the memory for children to keep themselves safe on the road”. This was one of the highlights of the schools’ view of i-CMiiST’s engagement with their children at a recent project evaluation... Continue Reading →
Between the 26th October and the 2nd of November the Ring Road i-CMiiST team held two ‘Expo’s’ where they displayed the merger between the previous held participatory mapping exercise and the street photography exercises. The objective of the expos was to get citizens' views and derive proposals from both vehicle drivers (Expo at Yaya Centre Shopping... Continue Reading →
Placemaking (#3) is taking place in Nairobi 30th October - 3 November Placemaking is the process by which users of a public open space come together with other interested parties to turn the space into a clean, safe, useful and memorable place for their use. A public open space refers to any freely accessible space... Continue Reading →
From a distance, the section of Bombo road above Bat Valley primary school in Kampala looks bright with new black and white stripes. Before September 30, 2018, the road was plain and the vehicles flew over without minding who is crossing. The white and black stripes are a new zebra crossing at Bat Valley primary... Continue Reading →
Using wearable camera as one of the creative methods, the Kampala i-CMiiST team walked along Namirembe road to capture what it looks like now. Why Namirembe road? This is an area due for transformation by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to include a pedestrian walkway and cycling lane. The city authority also intends to... Continue Reading →
On August 14, 2018, Kampala i-CMiiST creative experts got a rare opportunity to train in a new creative methodology that they could use on either of the research sites in Kampala. i-CMiiST is an acronym for Implementing Creative Methodological Innovations for Inclusive Sustainable Transport, a project supported by the British Academy’s Cities & Infrastructure programme,... Continue Reading →
