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'Design To Live' is a testament to the human spirit
'Design To Live' is a testament to the human spirit
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9 minutes
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
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Podcast episode
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From creating vertical gardens to breeding pigeons, the people living in the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan manage to "carve out a life worth living." Artist and architectural historian Azra Aksamija co-edited a book that looks at the ingenuity found within that camp called, Design To Live: Everyday Inventions From A Refugee Camp. Aksamija told NPR's Scott Simon that even though camps are supposed to be a temporary solution, lots of families end up staying for years at a time, so they find ways to make themselves at home in a place that's not meant to be hospitable.
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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