philippe schneider – where we live matters

Link: Philippe Schneider – where we live matters | burn magazine

We often perceive slums as dark dens of poverty and despair, where juvenile delinquents, and squatters wander aimlessly amongst makeshift structures. We draw a clear distinction between the slum dwellers and ourselves: they are the “other”. In 2007, for the first time in history, the world’s population was more urban than rural. Of this urban swell, one out three one billion people around the world lives in a slum