Common Living and Community Spaces after Disasters Workshop

Based on the observations made in Kahramanmaraş and Hatay, where the earthquake caused great devastation, interviews with earthquake victims, and the sharing of independent initiatives sprouting up in the region, the "Workshop on Common Living and Community Spaces after Disasters" was held on 25-26 February at ATÖLYE, in partnership with ATÖLYE, Neol and Aposto. Following the workshop, which was attended by more than 100 participants from more than 65 institutions, it is aimed to produce solutions that will meet the medium and long-term needs of the earthquake-affected regions in a way that is worthy of human dignity and respectful to all living beings, and to produce road maps and open resources with concrete steps.

Focus Areas Raised at the Workshop:

Basic Needs: Food, agriculture, water, hygiene and health.

Spatial Needs: Common areas, areas of need and recreation areas.

Social Mobility: Activity, ritual and psychosocial support.

Governance: Team and volunteer system, decision-making processes.

Sustainability (Continuity): Financial structure, partnership, funding and scaling.

In the workshop attended by Merve Şanlı and İlayda Köroğlu from The Circle team, it was discussed what kind of collaborations we can produce solutions and what we can do as many institutions, non-governmental organisations and individuals with the resources we have. This study, which brought together many experts in different fields, opened the door to a community awareness beyond individuality and hope for what we can do together.

While the teams were discussing at their tables, Buse Ustaoğlu from Illustrators Platform walked among us and visualised our sharing. You can view Buse's other works from this link.

Buse Ustaoğlu illustration

You can find the necessary links related to the Workshop on Common Living and Community Spaces after Disasters here. We also recommend you to examine the information in the Open Source Library. 

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