It set the precedent for a new model: Jakarta’s urban poor are organising, and they’re getting help. Kampung residents have been called thieves, thugs, dirty, diseased and illegal squatters. Organised under the banners of the JRMK (Urban Poor Linkage) and the UPC (Urban Poor Consortium), they reached out to Jakarta’s architects, artists, scholars, lawyers, students and journalists of diverse backgrounds – creating a network of volunteers and organisations. Archiving Urban Kampung gives aspiring journalists a place to write; several visual artists have held short programmes in the kampungs, another hit with younger people. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Some young residents who contribute to the Archiving Urban Kampung programme.

Source: The Guardian April 04, 2018 11:26 UTC