International Conference on Transport & Health
VIRTUAL EVENT
14 - 30 June 2021
14 - 30 June 2021
ICTH Global South
WHAT IF WE TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN?
ICTH is excited to host a 2-day event featuring the Global South including South America, India and Africa. This event is included in the ICTH registration. You DO NOT need to register separately. Translation services will be provided in three languages; English, Spanish and Portuguese. Your host will be Lake Sagaris. Lake will lead design thinking discussions on automobility and its impacts on global health, road safety, violence, women’s participation and children’s development as a global phenomenon. The focus will be on the cause-effect relationships and how transport and health play out very differently beyond the main power centres of North America, Australia and Europe, in what were once considered "third world" or "developing" countries.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
A new way of thinking is needed to present opportunities that have the ability to unleash new potentials for social and urban change in the Global South. Perhaps, instead of thinking about these regions as "behind" or "backward", we should embrace lessons learned from a culture rooted in high levels of walking, cycling and public transport use.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
A new way of thinking is needed to present opportunities that have the ability to unleash new potentials for social and urban change in the Global South. Perhaps, instead of thinking about these regions as "behind" or "backward", we should embrace lessons learned from a culture rooted in high levels of walking, cycling and public transport use.
Communities in the Global South are much less equal economically and socially as one might expect while observing the car-choked roads in Santiago and Sao Paulo, Brazil. These roadways look similar to the level of congestion in Los Angeles, California. Ironically, very few Brazilian families actually own or have access to a car. This makes transport justice a cutting edge issue when it comes to mobility equity. Related, is the obesity epidemic. It reflects a lack of public space for play and active transport, particularly in low-income and impoverished areas of the city.
Many of the world’s most walkable and cycle-inclusive cities are located in countries with strongly democratic cultures. However, we seldom talk about institutions and how different communities design and plan their infrastructure. In post-World War II democracies of Canada, Europe and beyond, governance systems evolved through public protests and civil society organizations, including many determined to save lives and make active travel an option. Social movements in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark have played a powerful role, deeply influencing policy, planning and governance in ways that may be unheard of in post-dictatorial countries such as Latin America, transitioning or weak democracies elsewhere in the Global South. Protests often reach a size, 30,000+cyclists or 1.5 million women, but seem to have less impact on the rigid political systems and authoritarian autocracies that remain firmly in power.
Many of the world’s most walkable and cycle-inclusive cities are located in countries with strongly democratic cultures. However, we seldom talk about institutions and how different communities design and plan their infrastructure. In post-World War II democracies of Canada, Europe and beyond, governance systems evolved through public protests and civil society organizations, including many determined to save lives and make active travel an option. Social movements in the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark have played a powerful role, deeply influencing policy, planning and governance in ways that may be unheard of in post-dictatorial countries such as Latin America, transitioning or weak democracies elsewhere in the Global South. Protests often reach a size, 30,000+cyclists or 1.5 million women, but seem to have less impact on the rigid political systems and authoritarian autocracies that remain firmly in power.
Cycle taxi (rickshaw): Diverse ecological modes, India 2012
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Carnival Protest Barrio Bellavista, Santiago December 2019
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Cycling economy: Moneda (Presidential Palace) Santiago)
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ICTH Global South is designed to both share and mobilize emerging knowledge regarding transport justice and road safety as a issue deeply embedded in patterns of social violence. We seek to challenge established formulae, which are not working, and actively involve participants in more innovative, out-of-the-box visions of where we could or should be going. We invite participants to come with their own questions and doubts, insomniac revelations that may seem crazy in the cold light of dawn. But also, inspirations about new paths that could lead us quickly into more just, effective and fast transitions, amidst global crises.
Day 1: Transport Justice and Health
Keynote: Lake Sagaris, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Interactive conversation with contributions from Intalinc, Movisal/THSG and REDEUS
General overview of what's going on in Africa, India and Latin American Mobility and identifying cultural uniqueness, problems, and solutions.
Day 2: Thinking Outside-of-the-Box About Road Safety and Violence - Challenges from India, LAC and Africa
Keynote: Geetam Tiwari, Indian Institute of Technology
Interactive conversation led by contributors from India, South Africa and LAC
Day 1: Transport Justice and Health
Keynote: Lake Sagaris, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Interactive conversation with contributions from Intalinc, Movisal/THSG and REDEUS
General overview of what's going on in Africa, India and Latin American Mobility and identifying cultural uniqueness, problems, and solutions.
Day 2: Thinking Outside-of-the-Box About Road Safety and Violence - Challenges from India, LAC and Africa
Keynote: Geetam Tiwari, Indian Institute of Technology
Interactive conversation led by contributors from India, South Africa and LAC
- Environmental/Social Justice
- Road Safety