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Team: The Hustler

Lagos: beating the cross town traffic
The team doesn’t normally require a full time hustler, but it does need people who know how to hustle: that can talk their way through …



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30 Jun 2013

In: Lagos, Research Methods
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Aspiration at the Edge of the Internet

23 Feb 2013

In: Cultural Norms, Lagos
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The house on the left might look like a humble poster to you, and a slightly cheesy one at that, but actually its significance belies …
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Crew Clocking

23 Feb 2013

In: Ibadan, Research Methods
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One of our crew pulling in hygiene shots.
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UBICOMP Links

The title uberrima fides refers to the legal doctrine covering insurance contracts – where all parties must enter into the contract making a full declaration …
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Grain/Pulse Filter

15 Sep 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Ibadan
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Welcome to the Ghetto

11 Sep 2011

In: Ibadan, Research Methods
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“Welcome to the ghetto.” A half-day spent in one of Ibadan’s tight shanty town communities, sniffing out sufficiently conducive contexts and people to conduct interviews. The …
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Wheel Rim Grill

09 Sep 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Ibadan
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Stoves made from recycled wheel rims in front of this Ibadan grocery store – 3 legs welded onto the rim.
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Warm, Stable

08 Sep 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Ibadan
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The Meanest Mofo

07 Sep 2011

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A guest post, and a method here.
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The ‘Name’ Card

02 Sep 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Ibadan
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Inspired partly by Herr Siebert’s printed name cards, and partly by the availability of the moveable type in this Ibadan shanty town community – decided …
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