Research

From Map Kibera

Contents 1 Case Studies 2 Stuff We've Written 3 Stuff By Others 3.1 Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex 3.2 NGOs 3.3 Student Research

Case Studies

• Rising Voices Case Study
• Getting on the Map

Stuff We've Written

By Erica Hagen:

• IKM Emergent: The Story of Map Kibera
• Response to PBS Point of View documentary Good Fortune
• World Bank Development Outreach Magazine: Putting Nairobi Slums on the Map

Stuff By Others

• Academic Articles

• Kevin Donovan, Seeing Like a Slum: Towards Open, Deliberative Development
• Harnessing Social Media Tools to Fight Corruption mentions Map Kibera
• How-To Note on Community Mapping for Better Services
• #ICT4HR: ICT For Human Rights features Map Kibera

Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex

• File:IDS MediatingVoices FinalReport.pdf
• MEDIATING VOICES AND COMMUNICATING REALITIES - DFID-supported research by GroundTruth Initiative and IDS
• Blog post series about IDS/DFID research

NGOs

Global mapping of technology for transparency and accountability

Student Research

• [[1]] [[2]] Elisabetta Demartis
• File:Gedgauda.pdf The use of crowd sourcing maps as a tool for citizen empowerment and engagement by Elise Gedgauda
• Technology Enabled Citizen Participation in Nairobi Slum Upgrades
• Brian Ekdale's research
• voronoi tessellation analysis of Kibera File:Stellmacher MappingKibera Project.pdf
• "Social and community media in poor and marginalized urban communities: a study of collective action in Kibera," By John Perkins File:John Perkins' ISP.doc