Date/Time
Date(s) - Thu - 13 Aug
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Dear friends of the Urban Futures Centre @ Durban University of Technology (UFC@DUT)
The UFC@DUT will be running its 20th seminar on Thursday, the 13 August 2015.
Topic: Crowd maps for Social Change
Presenter: Tyler Spencer
Date: 13 August 2015
Time: 12:00 to 13:30
Venue: ESBE Boardroom, L3, S4, S Block, Steve Biko Campus- Entrance from
gate 2.
About the Presentation
Using the online digital mapping platform called Ushahidi to collect data. Currently Tyler is working with young adults from Community Monitors, collecting reports about problems that they see within their communities, especially those caused by mines. This data is this visually represented with videos, pictures, news articles, and more on a digital map.
About the Presenter
Tyler Spencer is a student representing the Everett Sociology Program from the University of California Santa Cruz. he is doing a social justice project with the Bench-marks Foundation and Community Monitors. Everett is working to promote social change through technology. In the year long course on project implementation he has learned digital mapping, which he is using for his current project.
Kindly RSVP to confirm your attendance to UFCadmin@dut.ac.za