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Dharadam is an online role playing game to sensitize social workers for working in the slums. It uses Dharavi (Mumbai) as example. The software has been built upon the Cyberdam platform. Dharadam was created during the 5th ISAGA Summer School in Delhi, India, 21-30 June 2008 by Aashish Bhardwaj (India), Vinod Dumblekar (India), Renata Furman (Poland), Monica Mor (India), Vladimir Solodov (Russian Federation), Joanna Woźniakiewicz (Poland) and team manager Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands).
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Aashish Bhardwaj (India)Joanna Wozniakiewicz (Poland)Monica Mor (India)Pieter van der Hijden (Netherlands)Renata Furman (Poland)Vladimir Solodov (Russian Federation)Vinod Dumblekar (India)
We are still happy with dreams in our eyes
A mega slum located in Mumbai, India, and is Asia's second largest slum with an area of 175 hectares.
Close to 1 million people reside here Has severe problems - scarcity of
toilet facilities, water supply, electricity and other infrastructural requirements
Come from various religious and ethnic backgrounds from different parts of India
Are quite well off, still continue to stay here
Many are employed in hutment factories / small scale industries within Dharavi
One of the major industries' that has come up is the recycling factory which processes a lot of recyclable waste collected from other parts of Mumbai
Unemployment Lack of educationAlcohol abuseDrugsSqualorCriminal activities
The computer simulation game
We wish to break the negative image of this slum
Sensitize people towards life on the other side
Become a participant in heralding a new way of living
Roles for participants The havenot – unemployed and aimless The housewife – who wants to reform her husband The criminal – is the husband & wants to move out with a big
booty The recycling factory boss – who wishes to employ more
residents The religious leader – who is the priest of a nearby Hindu
temple The social worker – who wishes to bring changes in Dharadam The Tea stall owner – whose tea stall is a major meeting point
for residents
Audience: Meant for 15 years and more Schools & universities
Multi playerGame runs over 6 days
Effective playing time is 2 hrs and 30 mts in a day
Taking into account time lapses
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