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See:
The rock, bad aiming.
Badly made houses, water barrels with lines, rusted metal panels for roofs, several houses completely made from steel sheets. A lot of ply wood to block the windows, steel nets for fences, trash.

Think:
People who live in the shanty town are probably of lower income.
People probably engage in criminal activities as the law probably is not interested in that part of the city.

1) What is the GDP of this town, could make its own market? Perhaps it could sustain extra population thus grow and expand.
2) Made me think more in depth about the subject of Shanty Town,

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There are houses on top of each other. This houses are worn down and beat up and don't look well-kept. The houses are made of concrete roofs. Trash on roads, very little security from entering other houses. The roads do not look paved or reconstructed and there is graffiti on some of the houses.

Think: I think that the favela's are like this because Brazil is still developing as a country therefore, the living conditions are not going to be the greatest if the country is still developing.

Wonder

Why have they built the houses like this?

How much does it cost to build a house?

Questions

1. What new ideas do you now have about the image?

These images of the houses helped our class understanding

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I see

a rock
darkness
bricks
corrugated tin
multi level abodes
vin diesel
sprawling houses
colourful paint
mountain
water tanks of roofs
few windows
cables between homes
no roads
stacking
few trees
vertical alignment
all houses very similar
fences and gates
thin roads
guns
gas canisters
exposed pipes and gutters
satellite dishes
buildings in poor conditions
rubbish and waste
waste flowing
tight
"mud and trash"
dense population
gnarly step sections
bashing hard lefts
wild crowd
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I think:
-People who live in favelas are typically of significantly lower income.
-Favelas have high levels of crime.
-Waste management and sanitation are often afterthoughts.
-Appearance may deter investment.
-Conditions may inhibit opportunities available.
-Luxuries taken for granted in western society not present.
-There are numerous gnarly step sections.
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WONDER

How does these towns start and grow?
Why do people live there?
What issues are unique to these towns?
What systems are in place for water and sanitation?
What does the government think of these informal towns?
Does crime rate increase at the same rate as the physical growth?
What kind of conditions are best suited for formation of shanty towns?
What is life like?
Does this affect employment opportunities?
What trends can be seen between demographics living in these regions.
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new thoughts on Image:

Are the homes structurally safe?
How do residents cope in the winder?
Who pays for the materials?
How are the materials brought to these locations?
Why aren't the buildings taller?
Why don't they build underground?
What kinds of services are available?
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Thoughts:

ver y nice

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Improper structures,
The Rock
Bald men
Haphazard structure
Lots and lots of pixels
No running water-rain catchers
Corrugated iron structures
The rock being invincible
Grown men punching each other in the guns
Exactly 2 females
Skiers with firearms
Ex machinas literally
everywhere
Interesting editing choices
No stable structures

I see:
Lots of road
Water on the steps
Mud and trash
A lot of a biker's rear end
Even more pixels
An unhealthy amount of steps

I wonder:
Why do governments allow this to occur, when it appears to be both an economic and environmental drain, while those individuals are citizens and deserve proper housing?
Which nations have higher amounts of "shanty towns" and why is this?
What is the ethnic origin of most of the residents? Are they immigrants? Are they workers from the countryside?
Are most people living in "shanty towns" travelers to the shanty towns?

1) After this exercise, I'm wondering how shanty towns such as the ones we saw affect the economy of an area. Are they a drain due to law enforcement and infrastructure? Do they benefit the economy, and if so, how?
I think that I am far more aware of the dire circumstances which many people who are not as lucky as we few. How they go about their daily lives and how lucky it makes me feel and appreciate.
2) Using "See, Think, Wonder" has allowed me to truly reflect on outcomes, and structure my thoughts into cohesive states which I can then easily commit to writing

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I now know that these towns are underdeveloped and contains more people than I expected.
The see-think-wonder guided and directed my thought processing. Helped me to reflect, in-depth thinking. Big picture

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see:
guns,
scraped paint,
damaged buildings,
water
buckets,
connecting sticks
between houses,
no doors/broken,
no windows,
laundry,
roofs made of scrap metal,
tightly packed,

bright colours,
exposed
wires,
weak
roofs,
on a hill,
trash,
mud,
no structure,
small
corridors,
lots of people.

Think:
The lack of structure Indicates to us that it was built as people went along, the tightly packed nature shows that space is important as people try to get as close to each other as possible.

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House on top of house on top of house. They are build anywhere possible. Regardless of the little space that there is, they seem to have built a house anywhere there was the tiniest bit of space.
Think
I believe that it has come down to this due to the fact that Brasil's population has increased so rapidly in such a short period of time that they are struggling to cope with the massive influx. Moreover, Brasils economy is also struggling so they most likely built these houses with the cheapest materials.
Wonder
Why have they built the houses like this?
Why have they built the houses in those locations?
How much does it cost to build a house?
How many residents are there?
How many houses are there?

1 These images have helped us as a class get a better understanding of what shanty towns are. At the same time it has also, raised some new questions and ideas about these places. Some of these include, whether or not they have access to .
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see: Laundry everywhere, scraped paint, multiple buildings in a single area (very dense). So don't have rooftops. Many of the colours used are brown/orange, and dirty grey. They are on a hill/mountain of some sort. Badly made rooftops (metal layers stacked on top of one another. Plants growing out of buildings (not taken care of). Tiny openings between houses to walk on. Some windows are covered in metal bars (security reasons). Some of the paint is smudged with dark colors. Rooftops aren't strong. Mud and trash located. Sometimes there is grafittii. There is a large lack of a road system in these neighbourhoods.

think: The lack of good road systems is due to the need to create more space for more people. The road would take up a lot of space, a feature of the town that would disturb living for multiple people. It is also in good faith that the road systems wouldn't be needed

questions / wonder:

Where could one find such areas?

Why doesn't the government renovate such areas?

How long have these areas existed?

What is the crime rate in such areas compared to a rich area in the same city?

Questions:

What new ideas do you now have about the images?

I think that now I am much more aware of the transport in such areas. I never thought about it before that there was minimal transport available for such towns. In pictures, the towns look massive and it would be extremely hard to get around the town.

How did using 'See, Think, Wonder' affect your thinking?

For me, the activity was organised into three different parts. This made it easier to think about the task in general, as I had smaller tasks that I needed to achieve that weren't hard.

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There are houses on top of each other. This houses are worn down and beat up and don't look well-kept. The houses are made of concrete roofs. Trash on roads, very little security from entering other houses. The roads do not look paved or reconstructed and there is graffiti on some of the houses.

Think: The reasons why the Favelas are like this is because Brazil is still a developing country. The living and housing conditions are not as high as they are in more developed countries such as Switzerland because of the difference of the economical situation.

Wonder:
Why were the houses built like that?
Is the average income different than in the city
Why do people live there?
Is there usually public transport there.

How did See, think and wonder affect your thinking?
It helped me reflect on what I see and

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See:
- The favela is really congested and there are houses built on top of other houses (not apartment style)
- The buildings are made of red bricks, houses are generally worn out
- The location of the favela is on the side of a hill.
- The paths between buildings are small and some really tiny
- The houses are extremely close together people can jump from one building to another.
- The streets are generally full of twists and turns everywhere
- Loads of garbage around the houses

Think:
Throughout the videos, the shanty town were shown as a small congested area with small pathways and twisty streets. The houses were generally made of brick and metal, some houses were actually on top of other houses but not built as if it were to be an apartment. The general location of the favelas were on hill sides, which is generally not suitable for housing as it has its own dangers.

Wonder:
What are the benefits of having a Shanty Town? - Social advantages

How does such mass illegal infrastructure get by the government during the first few settlements? (Why didn't the government stop the illegal housing prior to it becoming a home to thousands of people?)

If the members of shanty towns live there because of poverty, how did they afford the resources needed to build?

Do children have access to education?

Is healthcare available?

What new ideas do you now about the image?
New ideas I have about shanty Towns are that they are economically deprived areas and its settlers are those who (generally) have economic problems which is why they have chosen to live in an area which is 'cheap'. But this does not mean that they do not have services. They may have services, but they will not be as good as the main city services, eg. Healthcare, education.

How did using 'see, think, wonder' affect your thinking?
Using 'see, think, wonder' has helped me improve my general view of a situation. Because the more one works their way down the 'see, think, wonder' list the more they understand the situation and have a pretty rounded view of the issue.

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see:
guns,
scraped paint,
damaged buildings,
water
buckets,
connecting sticks
between houses,
no doors/broken,
no windows,
laundry,
roofs made of scrap metal,
tightly packed,
bright colours,
exposed
wires,
weak
roofs,
on a hill,
trash,
mud,
no structure,
small
corridors,
lots of people.

Think:
There dense population

Wonder:
How many residents are there?

Shanty towns do not have enough money to strive, and lots of economic problems

an that they do not have services.

But this does not mean that they do not have services. They may have services, but they will not be as good as the main city services, eg. Healthcare.

To see shanty towns in a different type of view, having more of an open eye.

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see:
- buildings in rough shape
- junk metal plated roofs
- Layers on layers of shabby built houses.
- Pale or brown coloured walls.
- Boarded in windows
- Built on a slope.
- Lots of open walls with unblocked doorways.
- Cramped together
- Chain fences.
- Brick walls and buildings
- Steep stairs going up for a long time.
- Lots of wood and scape metal houses.
- Flacking paint
- Water tanks
- Male kept
- Dirt and brick paths not wide enough for any type of car.
- Open, unkept, roads.

2nd video:
-  steps going for a long long decent.
- wood sections of steps.
- Trash everywhere.
- Steep descents.
- Dry atmosphere.
- Tight buildings
- Brick and mud
- Tall layers of brick houses.
- Dense population.

Think:
- Dense population.
- Houses made up of every cheap or free resource available.
- Poor population.
- No monitored waste or hygiene management.
- No free running and clean water source available for everyone.
- Levels of houses because of the limited space, so they build higher to house everyone.

Wonder:
How did this mass accumulation of illegal housing grow to such an extreme level without any government intervention?

Where did they find so many resources to build all the almost identical houses?

Is the crime/violence levels particularly high due to the mass number of the people collected in such close quarters?

How did they choose their ground to settle on?

How many people per house are there on average?

How did they transport there goods or materials up in such a narrow and close roads?

What new ideas do you now have about the image?
I now wonder what life inside a shanty town would be like in comparison to my everyday life?

How did using "see, think, wonder" affected your future?
I find it was useful in putting everything onto context but buy making a bigger and more detailed image in my minds eye.

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See:
-  Worn out houses crammed together
-  Colour of buildings are worn out
- Walls of buildings are dirtied brown
- Trash on the streets
- Brick/wood buildings
- Water tanks on the tops of houses
- Pipings
- Rusted roofs
-  Rails on windows
- House doors secured with wooden planks
- Houses kind of stacked on top of one another
- Broken fences
- Narrow streets
- Wooden boards
- Graffiti painted walls
- Loose Cables
- Slopes/steps

Think:
- Big population
- Poor population
- No clean water and few resources
- Unemployment
- Lack of sanitation

Wonder:
- Where are shanty towns generally located?
- Can vehicles be driven in these areas?
- What materials are these houses built out of?
- How long does it take to form a shanty town?
- What are the crime rates like in shanty towns?
- How many people generally live in one shanty town?
- Is healthcare available for citizens living in shanty towns?
- How do these shanty towns grow?

1. Houses are packed closely together in Shanty Towns. They are also made out of low quality materials meaning that they are prone to damage and rusting. These areas also have a few services which are available in almost every town, such as churches. These towns are also not supported by the government.

2. Using the 'see, think, wonder' technique has helped me to show my thinking since I had to describe and analyse the video in detail. It has also helped me structure my thoughts better.

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See:
Empty brick houses
Metallic roofs with little structure
Many houses compiled together
Many houses partially ruined
Cables connecting houses
Flat roofs
On Mountain or Hill
Dirty Streets
Little green (ie. trees, plants etc)
Lots of stairs
Water thrown out onto streets
Narrow pathways

Think:
There was probably no architectural design and houses were built by people with little experience in designing houses or buildings.

The materials used were probably from old cars, machines or other scrap metals.

The electricity would be probably coming in from some generator in the favela connecting all the houses.

The favela is in the mountains far away from the prospering industrial areas.

Probably built on unused areas such as old forests or places which are agriculturally useless which is why there is no green to be seen.

Wonder:
Are all the people (or for that matter the majority of people) living in favelas registered citizens of their respective countries?

How do you travel in these places? Are the roads not to narrow for cars?

How much does it cost to live on average in a favela or informal housing? Do you have a proper contract or just word agreement?

New ideas:
I don't necessarily have many changed perceptions about the image due to my research, however, the smaller details are now more clear. The town seems like an oustide community, given that they have their own church or source of healthcare they seem almost non-reliant of the actual country they are in. This lets me infer other ideas such as there may be lower crime rates due to the community attitude or there may be there own sort of judiciary system to let the region act almost autonomously. This could not have been done without the think, see, and wonder idea, this three phase concept allows me to look at aspects which or else may have bee passed as irrelevant or not brought up at all without someone else telling me. In essence, it is a structure for thinking which is good for allowing students to develop individual ideas without missing the big picture.

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see:
- violence, guns
- cluster of houses
- tanks
- no roads
- dirty paths
- narrow lanes
- no trees
- fences
- walls of the houses not painted properly
- graphite
-  houses with concrete roofs

think:
Shanty towns are mainly located on the outskirts of a country's large cities. Also evident in the clips, just watched. Shanty towns are areas made up of cluster of houses (not well maintained) surrounded by dirty and narrow lanes without any trees around them.

wonder:
1. Are there any public transportation facilities in shanty towns?
2. How do the citizens travel from one place to another?
3. How old are the houses?
4. Is health care easily accessible in these areas?
5. Do the infant population of these areas get an opportunity to acquire educated?
6. What's the median income of the people living there?
7. Rate of unemployment?
8. What kind of job are available?

What new ideas do you now have about the image?
The following are some new elements gained:
- these shanty towns are not underdeveloped cluster of houses built in the outskirts of the city perhaps they are partly more developed than that as they include health care facilities, have schools, definitely are not safe but every city has some places which are more safe than others.

How did using 'See, Think, Wonder' affect your thinking?
- It helped me look at the shanty houses as a bigger picture.
- Explore in depth about the topic

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See:
-  buildings in poor conditions
-  Roofs made of tin
- A cluster of small   houses
- Many small narrow streets
-  All the houses are on different levels
- No roads
- No greenery
- Streets have mud and trash on them
- Stairs
- All downhill
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Think:
- Large population
- The inhabitants are poor and are probably unemployed
-  There seems to be a very high rate in crime.
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Wonder:
- How do people travel from one place to another in shanty towns?
- How many people live in that area?
- How old are the houses?
- What is the crime rate in  shanty towns?
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1. What new ideas do you now have about the image?
- Shanty towns are not undeveloped houses built on the outskirts of cities, they may include health care facilities and schools.

2. How did using see, think and wonder affect your thinking?

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see: vin diesel, tin roofs, lots of small houses clustered together, blue water coolers on roofs, really run down looking, boarded up windows, pastel-y houses, no evidence of infrastructure, vin diesel jumping, stairs n gates, amy santiago, chain link fences,  houses on different levels, gangs, no trees in "main" favela area, generally very worn out area, main characters ruining houses of poor people

see pt 2: stairs, all downhill, absolutely lit, railings, lots of water, graffiti,  narrow narrow roads, tight corners and sharp turns, lots of alleyways, all very downhill, main favela area is vv open, lot of mud and trash, kinda just dirty in general

think: people living in favelas cannot afford city living. they are either unemployed or just underpaid. favelas/shanty towns are generally very dirty and v unsanitary. bc we saw a lot of houses, there is probably a very large population living there. the luxuries we are so used to having are obviously not present in this area. waw!

i wonder: how are so many houses  in this favela? is this illegal? what's the plumbing & electricity like? exactly how many people live in that specific favela? are all of them employed? can they create jobs in favelas to tackle unemployment??? will they eventually develop and become minicities or something? how do they get around? what's life like? do they travel to the nearby city? are favelas purely residential? what is the crime rate compared to one of an average city? are there any schools in the favela itself? any hospitals, doctors? what type of amenities are available in such an area? are there designated commercial/residential areas?

q1: what new ideas do you now have about the image?
the new ideas that i have about the images that were presented is about how they came to be, what the quality of life is like in such a place, what type of amenities are available in such an area?

q2: how did using 'see, think, wonder' affect your thinking?
this technique made me aware of things i would usually skim over in videos and made me write them down. the 'wonder' section made me ask a lot more questions than i would have in any other environment without these parameters. working my way down this list in a way gave me yes
im so tired please let me go home

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See:
-crowding of houses
-poorly-made houses
-low buildings
-wood and brick houses
-narrow alleyways
-most house are damaged
-muddy
-trash on the streets and in alleyways
-dense populations
-no greenery
Think:
-crowded areas with dense population
-houses, alleys, streets all in bad shape
-dirty area covered in mud and trash
-tightly-packed area with narrow alleys and small houses
-a worn-out area with bad infrastructure
Wonder:
-how many live in that area
-how old are the houses
-what do the people (living in the area) do for a living
-How do they get around? Is there any sort of public transportation?
-Do the people there have access to education and healthcare?
-What are the crime rates?
1.  What new ideas do you now have about the image?
After watching the videos and discussing, I know now that shanty towns are a world-wide issue, although some are not as under developed as they seem.
2.  How did using 'see, think, wonder' affect your thinking?
Allowing us to write down what we see, think, and wonder, helps us to realize the obvious, making a source easier to understand

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See:

Tin Roofs

Wooden&Tin Sheets as makeshift insulation

Shared satellite dishes

Multi coloured buildings

No road system

Houses are stacked

Water tanks

Shoddily crafted yards and gates

Metal Fences

Wood based balconies

Trash piles

Narrow Streets

Think:

Inhabitants of the favelas are obviously poor, and probably unemployed. The highest standard of jobs for the people of these favelas are most likely working class ones. Non sanitary and densely populated, thus disease is most likely a prevalent issue. Possibly high rates of crime as well. Housing is mostly composed of poor materials.

Wonder:

What is the plumbing situation like in these favelas?

Do favelas eventually become centers of employment?

Is a culture or community formed out of these favelas?

Is the crime in large favelas high or low?

What is considered the biggest danger for children in favelas?

Is disease control present in most favelas?

New Ideas:

Shanty towns are most often built on the side of mountains and are usually built on grounds with no geographical advantages.

All housing appears to be rough but stable enough to hold many families.

Most houses are built with apartment complexes in mind, probably good for large population densities.

Affects of "See, Think, Wonder":

A good method for analysing a piece of media.

Promotes "innovation" and reflection on a larger scale.