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#offgrid #transitions #informality Research project. Collaboration between @LancasterUni, @dpu_ucl, @UnivalleCol and @CujaeRedSocial @GREAT_offgrid not in use.

 Lancaster, London,Cali, Havana
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Joined January 2023
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Join us tomorrow by 5pm! Come and hear about the case studies developed over the years about Havana (Cuba) and Cali (Colombia) on informal settlements and infrastructure grids. No registration required, open to all! 📍LT 106, UCL Roberts Building Torrington Place, London.
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What does it mean to be off-grid? 🏙️ Can residents of informal settlements in the global South thrive despite not being connected to infrastructure grids? Don't miss this panel discussion with researchers from Cali (🇨🇴) and Havana (🇨🇺). 🗓️ Sept. 19 ⌚️17.00 👉London, UCL.
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Please come along on Tuesday 19th to this fascinating presentation of the outcomes of a three-year research project on which @dpu_ucl has been involved.
GREAT-offgrid (@GreatOffgrid) profile pictureGREAT-offgrid@GreatOffgrid22 Aug 2023
What does it mean to be off-grid? 🏙️ Can residents of informal settlements in the global South thrive despite not being connected to infrastructure grids? Don't miss this panel discussion with researchers from Cali (🇨🇴) and Havana (🇨🇺). 🗓️ Sept. 19 ⌚️17.00 👉London, UCL.
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We’re just a few weeks away now from welcoming The City Off the Map / La Ciudad Fuera del Mapa to Lancaster - very much hope to see you there! Sept 21-22 info👇#TheCityOffTheMap imitatingthedog.co.uk/projec…
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Populab Cali@PopuLabCali2 Aug 2023
📢Nuestro equipo de #Movilidad publicó el art. "Social Inequality in Popular Neighborhoods: A Pre- and Post-Pandemic Perspective from Joint Accessibility" en @Sus_MDPI 🥳 👉mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/13/105… El 1ro. de una serie sobre @GreatOffgrid en #Cali 🗣️Leételo! #OpenAccess
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Keep an eye out for more information coming soon about The City Off the Map installation coming to the LICA building Sept 21-22 @LancasterUni Proudly part of The GREAT Project which has been running over the past 3 years imitatingthedog.co.uk/projec… #TheCityOffTheMap
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Final day of The City Off the Map/La Ciudad Fuera del Mapa exhibition in Cali, Colombia. It’s been an absolute privilege to be part of The GREAT Project & to work with such an incredible, broad group of people in the realisation of this installation piece imitatingthedog.co.uk/projec…
A picture of a section of The City Off the Map / La Ciudad Fuera del Mapa exhibition, a digital video installation that combines model representations of the community’s houses with documentary footage and interviews with the people who live at the heart of some of Cali’s informal settlements.

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Populab Cali@PopuLabCali11 Jul 2023
Conversatorio 03: Las entidades. Espacio para discutir las visiones de ciudad y las políticas urbanas relacionadas con el mejoramiento integral del hábitat. #LaCiudadFueraDelMapa
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Populab Cali@PopuLabCali7 Jul 2023
Conversatorio 01: Los pobladores. Intercambio de experiencias en producción social del hábitat y gestión de la cotidianidad. Nos reunimos para hablar, pensar y hacer un mapa de Cali más completo. #LaCiudadFueraDelMapa
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Populab Cali@PopuLabCali8 Jul 2023
Conversatorio 02: Imitating the dog public talk. Andrew Quick expone y explora la narración en la videoinstalación The City off the map. #LaCiudadFueraDelMapa
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🗓️ Hasta 23 de julio del 2023 tienes una cita en la exhibición ‘La Ciudad Fuera del Mapa’, un evento realizado en el marco de las actividades del PopuLab, en la Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos regional Valle del Cauca. Encuentra más información aquí: acortar.link/0HrJ69
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A few more pictures from the opening night of The City Off the Map! #Cali #Columbia #TheGREATProject #Comuna18
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JGM@jorzhgm5 Jul 2023
¡Orgulloso de esta publicación! Agradecido con el todo el camello y el compromiso desde la @UnivalleCol con @Marce611 @cjaram1 @PopuLabCali @GreatOffgrid
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Populab Cali@PopuLabCali22 Jun 2023
Es un gusto invitarles a la exhibición LA CIUDAD FUERA DEL MAPA, la cual expone desde la producción social de nuestro hábitat, la necesidad de promover y producir un mapa más completo de Cali. 👉populab.correounivalle.edu.c… 🗓️: 06 de junio al 23 de julio. 📍: SCA Cali.
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Don’t miss this chance to see a different side of Cali and the people living in the unmapped city. Find out more👇 imitatingthedog.co.uk/projec…
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As a participant, you will be invited to experience an immersive journey, to take an imagined walk through the off-grid streets of Comuna 18 and to peer in through the windows of Cali, Colombia. It will premiere in Cali, on July 7th, and then visit Lancaster in September.
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📣We’re thrilled to announce our latest digital video installation: The City Off the Map
Commissioned by The GREAT Project & centred on their research on the informal settlements of Colombia, TCOTM is a tribute to the power of art and storytelling in shaping a people’s narrative
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Gynna Millan 🌈@gynaji15 Jun 2023
If you happen to be around #Cambridge next week and looking for a good plan, this #conference will be it ☺️. Some of the findings of our @PopuLabCali @GreatOffgrid project will be discussed by Dr Ángela Franco. #intersectionality #PublicSpaces #MejoramientoIntegraldeBarrios
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