AK Rockefeller Topics

Slums

In Nothingness We Are Equal, Then We are Not

In Nothingness We Are Equal, Then We are Not

Narrowing the concerns. Wage. Debts. Housing. Family. Life. Bangkok has seen it’s fair share of hardship, during times of democracy, martial law, and in times of uncertainty under the military elites. These are ...

Silk, Song. The Eight Sounds

Silk, Song. The Eight Sounds

I made my way down the narrow road. A growing puddle, caused by a leaking pipe. Passing the poorly constructed homes, made from card boards, thin wood and cheap cement. Your eyes will always see slums scattered in ev ...

Poverty is Death in another form

Poverty is Death in another form

A build up of the temperature, as it is I am unsure whether “winter” has ended, with this dense smog in the sky and the steady increase of humidity. Weather affects the urban poor, often harshly, offering ...

Crumbling Dreams of Hope Among the Urban Poor

Crumbling Dreams of Hope Among the Urban Poor

Housing for the squatters. Poverty in the slums. Congested, crowded, as urban communities continue to live in pitiful conditions with no hope of improvement. No worldly plans to own land, or home. Not during these ha ...

Cambodia: Sweat and Tears of Human Perseverance

Cambodia: Sweat and Tears of Human Perseverance

The people of Phnom Penh, nowadays and those fortunately to go through university, will toil to secure jobs. They work in the city, keeping their heads above the increasing cost of living. Despite the economical conf ...

Sunset at Khlong Wat Dan Slum

Sunset at Khlong Wat Dan Slum

Bangkok, the pride and joy of modern Thailand, a city filled with glory, history, revolution and bloodshed. Times have changed, governments and military coups have appeared and imploded, this horrid legacy of a growi ...

Bangkok Street Art

Bangkok Street Art

Some graffiti art produced by streetkids in the slums of Bangkok. ...

Towards Democracy: Thais Rebuilding Thailand

Towards Democracy: Thais Rebuilding Thailand

Bangkok, I am back in the metropolis of 12 million people. Someone had mentioned that the population could easily reach as high as 14 million with the daily migration of people from other provinces and migrant worker ...

Bangkok Style, by Zashnain

Bangkok Style, by Zashnain

Bangkok, a metropolis, a colossal organic realm with 12 million people. I've yet to completely explore the city; visiting only a small portion, but I'm inhaling and embracing the adventure... passionately. ...

Slums in the City, Slums in Everyone

Slums in the City, Slums in Everyone

Chow Kit is a neglected part of humanity, and yet it follows us around, itching to break free and consume us. There is no point in denying what we can see, what we can taste, what we can smell and what we can hear. E ...