Written by David LallemantField Lab participants went with the OASIS Lab of Chiang Mai University to Mae Chan community near Thai-Burmese border to explore the possibilities of installing a new flood sensor prototype developed in the previous week. The OASIS lab has worked with the Mae Chan community for many years, as it regularly suffers…
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Produced by Jungsuh Lim
Written by Al LimAnts coming out of their hiding places is a surefire way of an early disaster warning system. It’s also an undeniably local concept, from which many “locals” take reference. I can barely consider myself a local, being half-Singaporean and half-Thai. Perhaps, I am some flavor of local and global, which brings me…
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Produced by: Rebecca Bicksler, Alina Bill-Weilandt, Ashrika Sharma, Kunio Pratopo, Raksmey Ang, Wahaj Habib
The Nature-Based Solutions working group has produced 4 fact sheets on the potential of using nature-based methods (from the basin scale to the the neighbourhood scale) to tackle the problem of flooding in the Ping River Basin . Produced by: Laddaporn Ruangpan, Perrine Hamel, Missaka Hettiarachchi, Bhola Saha, Bhen Aguihon, Ashrika Sharma, Shelly Win
Produced by: Mariano Balbi, Dennis Wagenaar, Alex Curran, Laddaporn Ruangpan, Maricar Rabonza, Lim Tian Ning
During June 24-28, the Chiang Mai Urban Flooding Field Lab held a collaborative arts workshop on the theme “Living with Water.” The workshop brought together twelve artists, designers, ethnographers, and scientists to work on arts projects that explore the many ways in which life in Chiang Mai is shaped by water. It was facilitated by…
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A one-month long arts and technology un-conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand exploring critical design practices in disaster risk management, collaborative technology production, hacking and art. The event took place between June 2-28, 2019. The event design, outputs and participants are documented here. CROSSING DISCIPLINES Artists, engineers, geographers, hydrologists, hackers, practitioners and mappers learnt about each…
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An unconventional format The event’s structure is different from traditional conferences. The agenda is set by those who attend, and the rules are simple: PRODUCT-ORIENTEDThere will be presentations and discussions, but we focus on opportunities to make, write, design, code, question, break.FLUID TIMEFRAMECome for as long or as short as you can over a month-long…
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