'Slumming It' Documentary
'Slumming It’ is a British based documentary about the city of Dharavi - It was filmed in 2010.
As geographers I would like you to consider the situation of URBAN DEVELOPMENT - and start to make comparisons between the city of Dharavi in Mumbai, India and our city of Melbourne...
Why did you think that the report made an accusation of hypocrisy about the Prince of Wales?
Do you think it is right or wrong to make such comparisons between the Developed Countries and Developing Countries?
What is the problem with rats being not contained in urban areas? (consider the Black Death in Europe in 1346-49)
The city of Dharavi is built upon a rubbish tip.
TV is their entertainment - how do they get electricity here?
Interesting that the mother of the place where the reporter was staying was incredibly house proud
Religion appears to play an important part in the life of the city. What is the major religion and is their a rise of Islam?
500 people per toilet - what is the problem with that? (exponential nature of the situation if a toilet breaks) 1-500 becomes 1-1000
What are Diphtheria, Typhoid & Tuberculosis?
Dhobi Ghat - What are they? (Communal Washing Houses)
Did you notice the happy disposition of the people of Dharavi? Why?
What was the role of the elders in the city?
Space is King - Ingenious ways to work with limited space. Is the key to making space 'flexibility’? What other things need to be considered?
21 people living in one house - how would you cope?
Have any of your seen the movie Slumdog Millionaire?
When the reporter suggested that he wanted to help - do you think that was ‘patronising?’
What do you think they meant by Quality of Architecture?
When someone goes in Dharavi who is ‘non-local’, why do you think there is distrust?
Would you but something that was made in Dharavi? Why or Why Not?
'Slumming It’ is a British based documentary about the city of Dharavi - It was filmed in 2010.
As geographers I would like you to consider the situation of URBAN DEVELOPMENT - and start to make comparisons between the city of Dharavi in Mumbai, India and our city of Melbourne...
Why did you think that the report made an accusation of hypocrisy about the Prince of Wales?
Do you think it is right or wrong to make such comparisons between the Developed Countries and Developing Countries?
What is the problem with rats being not contained in urban areas? (consider the Black Death in Europe in 1346-49)
The city of Dharavi is built upon a rubbish tip.
TV is their entertainment - how do they get electricity here?
Interesting that the mother of the place where the reporter was staying was incredibly house proud
Religion appears to play an important part in the life of the city. What is the major religion and is their a rise of Islam?
500 people per toilet - what is the problem with that? (exponential nature of the situation if a toilet breaks) 1-500 becomes 1-1000
What are Diphtheria, Typhoid & Tuberculosis?
Dhobi Ghat - What are they? (Communal Washing Houses)
Did you notice the happy disposition of the people of Dharavi? Why?
What was the role of the elders in the city?
Space is King - Ingenious ways to work with limited space. Is the key to making space 'flexibility’? What other things need to be considered?
21 people living in one house - how would you cope?
Have any of your seen the movie Slumdog Millionaire?
When the reporter suggested that he wanted to help - do you think that was ‘patronising?’
What do you think they meant by Quality of Architecture?
When someone goes in Dharavi who is ‘non-local’, why do you think there is distrust?
Would you but something that was made in Dharavi? Why or Why Not?