Author Archive for podnosh
Photographer Joop Reijngoud worked with Linda Malherbe over two years to record 155 groups living in South Rotterdam. The work led to a book and an exhibition on the water front – opened by the Queen of the Netherlands.
A brass band which plays all sorts of styles of music from different communities brings together young people in South Rotterdam. Please click on the link below to listen to more about this.
Music Matters Brass Band School South Rotterdam
“They are correct and have respect for others, so there was a bond between us”. To listen to more about the Punjab Cricket Club in South Rotterdam please click on the link below.
PCCR Punjab Cricket Clun Rotterdam
Click below to listen to the story of how a patch on concrete was turned into a community garden.
Podcast Van Swietenhoff Vrijwilligers en Bezoekers – Community Gardeners in Rotterdam
Wonderful energy from the group from South Rotterdam wound up the night.
“No subject is ignored. On some days nothing happens. We know how exhausting it can be just to listen to people every day”
Biotop are artists who turned up in Dortmund for 6 weeks to explore new “Practices of engagement: lessons in democratic listening”. Some people came and told stories, other took photos, other shot video. [...]
Here we are, Nick Booth and Dave Briggs in Rotterdam. This is a post simply asking for your help. I’d love you to comment here and leave suggestions/examples of how active citizens are using the social web for the benefit of their neighbourhood.
We’re working with a group of people from [...]
This blog has been set up for the Residents for Regeneration Europe (R4R) conference in Rotterdam on 13 November 2008. Download a PDF about the event here.
As well as posting lots of interesting content about the work R4R has been involved with, we also hope to use this site to interact with people attending the [...]