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Ek Baat Bolu?
Ek Baat Bolu?
A six-day research project on waste pickers in Ahmedabad’s Bhaipura, highlighting their struggles and overlooked challenges.
A six-day research project on waste pickers in Ahmedabad’s Bhaipura, highlighting their struggles and overlooked challenges.
A six-day research project on waste pickers in Ahmedabad’s Bhaipura, highlighting their struggles and overlooked challenges.
Disciplines
Design Research
Design Research
Storytelling
Visual Communication
Storytelling
Visual Communication
Team
Abhinandit Singh
Abhinandit Singh
Keshika Tank
Keshika Tank
Manasi Vinze
Manasi Vinze
Priyansh Jolapara
Priyansh Jolapara
Riddhi Musmade
Riddhi Musmade
Process
Research Methods
Research Methods
Empathy Mapping
Empathy Mapping
Storytelling
Insight Synthesis
Insight Synthesis
Storytelling
Duration
1 week / 2024
1 week / 2024
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
In collaboration with Aid for Change, we conducted on-field research in Bhaipura to understand waste pickers’ lives and challenges, translating key insights on space and financial constraints into a reflective short film.
In collaboration with Aid for Change, we conducted on-field research in Bhaipura to understand waste pickers’ lives and challenges, translating key insights on space and financial constraints into a reflective short film.
In collaboration with Aid for Change, we conducted on-field research in Bhaipura to understand waste pickers’ lives and challenges, translating key insights on space and financial constraints into a reflective short film.
Research
Synthesis
Short Film
Research
Synthesis
Short Film
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Research Process
Research Process
Research Process
Using research methods like shadowing, interviews, and empathy mapping, we systematically captured the workflows, challenges, and pain points of waste pickers. The Double Diamond framework guided the analysis, helping us synthesize observations into actionable insights.
Using research methods like shadowing, interviews, and empathy mapping, we systematically captured the workflows, challenges, and pain points of waste pickers. The Double Diamond framework guided the analysis, helping us synthesize observations into actionable insights.
Using research methods like shadowing, interviews, and empathy mapping, we systematically captured the workflows, challenges, and pain points of waste pickers. The Double Diamond framework guided the analysis, helping us synthesize observations into actionable insights.
“Hum nahi karenge toh kon karega? Accha kaam karne ke liye bas jagaha maang rahe hai, woh toh de do”
“Hum nahi karenge toh kon karega? Accha kaam karne ke liye bas jagaha maang rahe hai, woh toh de do”
“Hume yeh kaam karne mai bohot garv hai, magar hum hamare bacchonko yeh nahi karne denge”
“Hume yeh kaam karne mai garv hai, magar hum hamre bacchonko yeh nahi karne denge”
“Hume koi chutti nahi hoti hai, kachra toh roj hota haina? Diwali ke time mai toh sabse jyada kaam hota hai”
Research Findings
Research Findings
Research Findings
The waste picking process involves collecting recyclables from various locations, sorting them by type and quality, and then transferring them for recycling. This sequence of picking, sorting, and transferring forms the core of their work.
The waste picking process involves collecting recyclables from various locations, sorting them by type and quality, and then transferring them for recycling. This sequence of picking, sorting, and transferring forms the core of their work.
The waste picking process involves collecting recyclables from various locations, sorting them by type and quality, and then transferring them for recycling. This sequence of picking, sorting, and transferring forms the core of their work.
Waste is collected from marketplaces and brought to the site overnight by trucks.
picking
The waste is carefully sorted into five different categories, with each placed in separate bags.
sorting
After segregation into categories, the van collects the bagged waste in the evening.
Recycling
Laal Bangla
Laal Bangla
Waste is collected
from marketplaces & brought to the site overnight by trucks.
picking
Waste is carefully sorted into five different sections, & placed in separate bags.
sorting
After segregation into categories, the van collects the bagged waste in the evening.
Recycling
Problems Identified
Problems Identified
Problems Identified
Limited and unstable workspaces hinder waste pickers' ability to sort and process waste effectively, impacting their livelihood and stability.
Limited and unstable workspaces hinder waste pickers' ability to sort and process waste effectively, impacting their livelihood and stability.
Limited & unstable workspaces hinder their ability to sort and process waste effectively, impacting their livelihood and stability.
Space Constraints
Space Constraints
Health Hazards
Health Hazards
Despite being aware of the risks, waste pickers often neglect safety measures, prioritizing immediate survival over long-term health concerns.
Despite being aware of the risks, waste pickers often neglect safety measures, prioritizing immediate survival over long-term health concerns.
Despite being aware of the risks, they often neglect safety measures, prioritizing immediate survival over long-term health concerns.
Over time, waste pickers have developed a narrow perspective on their lifestyle, though efforts to change this for their children’s sake offer a glimpse of hope.
Over time, waste pickers have developed a narrow perspective on their lifestyle, though efforts to change this for their children’s sake offer a glimpse of hope.
Over time, they have developed a narrow perspective on their lifestyle, though efforts to change this for their children’s sake offer a glimpse of hope.
Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision
Work Uncertainty
Work Uncertainty
Waste pickers face unpredictability in all aspects of their work - from collection to sorting to recycling - leading to instability
in their wages and overall quality of life.
Waste pickers face unpredictability in all aspects of their work - from collection to sorting to recycling - leading to instability in their wages and overall quality of life
They face unpredictability in all aspects of their work, from collection to sorting to recycling, leading to instability in their wages and overall quality of life.
Empathy Mapping
Empathy Mapping
Empathy Mapping
Based on our research, we created an empathy map capturing the waste pickers' struggles, from health risks to wage instability, alongside their hopes for better opportunities.
Empathy mapping revealed the gaps between our assumptions and the reality of waste pickers’ lives.
Based on our research, we created an empathy map capturing the waste pickers' struggles, from health risks to wage instability, alongside their hopes for better opportunities.
Empathy mapping revealed the gaps between our assumptions and the reality of waste pickers’ lives.
Key phase that defined the project direction
Empathy mapping helped identify the gaps between our assumptions and the reality of waste pickers’ lives.
Ek Baat Bolu?
Ek Baat Bolu?
We used a short film combining montage videos to give waste pickers a direct voice. Framed as a conversation, the storytelling through research-based poem and visuals creates a personal and empathetic narrative.
We used a short film combining montage videos to give waste pickers a direct voice. Framed as a conversation, the storytelling through research-based poem and visuals creates a personal and empathetic narrative.
in short, Ek Baat Bolu is
A storytelling project that began with listening and learning from waste pickers, later transforming those real experiences into a narrative film, with the idea of giving voice to their realities and fostering empathy through design.
in short, Ek Baat Bolu is
A storytelling project that amplifies the voices of waste pickers through first-hand insights and a narrative film, turning observation into empathy and giving them a platform to be heard on their behalf.
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Interviews
Interviews
Shadowing
Shadowing
Shadowing
Key phase that defined the project direction