“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.

Start Photowalk

Dhaka -  It is 10:20 when we leave the  DRIK offices for our first Photo Walk.The guard is keeping an eye on the Drik property while having his lunch. Many…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

Smiling Face

Lagos -  Smiling Face When ever you meet people in the slums you will notice that they are smiling and welcoming you . People are warm and hospitable . Though they are in poverty…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Small Entrepreneur

Dhaka -  The man runs this small unit of tea stall on his own. He does not need to depend on others for his living. He is an small entrepreneur with dignity…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Protection from pollution

Dhaka -  Sunglasses inside the kitchen? It is not for the protection from the sun for sure since the sunlight can’t enter directly. She wears the sunglasses to protect her eyes…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Open air auto-rickshaw

Dhaka -  Want a fancy ride outside of Dhaka? Want to enjoy the air and sunlight while going here to there? Here is something for that then. An ideal ride to rent…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Love out loud

Dhaka -  What a loud lover Samira has! He didn’t bother SMS, Viber, Skype, Telegram, Facebook, Whatsapp or whatever…he just let the world know that he loves Samira……
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Indiscriminate Disposal of Polythene on Urban

Dhaka -  Polythene is one of the commonest chemical by-products that is found across all societies in urban areas.polythene products are non degradable and products that constitute health and environmental hazard…
Abdus Sabur – Dhaka Lab

Happiness is within

Dhaka -  There is saying by Buddha, “Happiness comes from within, so do not seek it without“. The family managed to get a shelter in the waterlogged slum. Perhaps they do…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Self-portrait

Dhaka -  Self-portrait…
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Picture makes smiles

Dhaka -  Despite hitting heat and terrific traffic, these school boys smiled when the camera was aimed at them. During the photo-walk, I was going along the Sat Masjid Road which…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Need every inch

Dhaka -  Urbanization is expanding in everyday. Every inch of the city of Dhaka seems to be used for building houses for people. Almost every ground-level water source is filled with…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Landgrabbing?

Dhaka -  Nice apartments building arose across the street from the slums. Is it land grabbing? Just heard today 24 schools are under threat of land grabbing and two schools lost their…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

I see Gaia!

Dhaka -  When I first came to Dhaka from Chittagong, I found it to be a concrete jungle: a canopy of high-rises over a habitat of machines. Greenery is hard to find…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Goat and the tea-stall

Dhaka -  Rafique Uddin runs his little tea-shop in a slum that stands near the ‘Beribandh’, the embankment to protect the city of Dhaka from possible flood of the River Buriganga. Besides…
Adnan Wahid – Dhaka Lab

Red cushion

Dhaka -  Private vehicle decorated with artificial colorful flower, Dhanmondi, Dhaka. …
Tapash Paul – Dhaka Lab

Passing time in news

Dhaka -  When you start roaming around Dhaka streets, you will see many people are spending time reading newspapers. Most of the newspaper readers are young people who don’t have any…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Mobile Van for cold drinks

Dhaka -  We often see the cold drink vans are moving in the streets . These are completely made by local ingredients and water .They use many spices , salts , lemon , sweets etc . Pedestrians…
Arifur Rahman – Dhaka Lab

Is cinema playing a role for social awareness??

Dhaka -  An influential movie can contribute to making positive change of a society. However, the recent trend of Dhaka film industry  is running in the opposite way again, and does…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Hazardous health condition in slum

Dhaka -  The children in the slum on the bank of river Buriganga get ill because of the high level of pollution. The slum is built on the river; and the…
Haque Habibul – Dhaka Lab

Public Spaces Dhaka Bangladesh

Dhaka -  Life in public space in Dhaka Bangladesh is incredibly vibrant. The traffic is insane. From 6 in the morning till 1 in the night all roads are blocked with a…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab

Opportunity

Dhaka -  You just need to have an eye if you want to settle down as a newcomer in Dhaka city. You do not need to run after opportunity, opportunity will find…
Sumana Tanchangya – Dhaka Lab

Made in Bangladesh.

Dhaka -  Although Bangladesh is moving forward to be listed in mid income countries, the are many small cottage industries are struggling without proper Government sponsorship. This sort of small/cottage industry…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Informal building

Dhaka -  Some buildings are designed by architects. Not this one. this is build from scratch by the inhabitants themselves…
Dhana Ranjan Tripura. – Dhaka Lab

Hard to move forward

Dhaka -  Every morning around 7 the traffic jam starts. Or rather the traffic stops. It is hard to move forward here in Dhaka. In more then one sense. It is quite…
Lino Hellings – Dhaka Lab