Book design project while working at the Jan van Eyck Academy on the Tomorrow Book. A group of Jan van Eyck researchers investigated the public spheres of Brazzaville and Kinshasa, two neighbouring capitals separated by the Congo river. The group subscribed to ‘visualizing the visible’ as a research approach and regarded Brazzaville and Kinshasa as one city: Brakin. The researchers studied phenomena such as street children, street trade, land disputes, housing projects, UN presence, diamond trade, roundabouts and public space. These were indicators for ‘reading’ the urban environment.
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