We generate and process qualitative data.
When urbz was first launched in 2008, it had one simple agenda - give a voice to end-users, empower them and treat them as experts of their own context. This idea has become commonplace now. In the meantime, we’ve developed an expertise in treating users as a valuable resource. Their knowledge is raw material for well-grounded and meaningful projects.
Place, Work, Folk is a fortnightly column in The Hindu Sunday Magazine by Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, which is inspired by Patrick Geddes and analyzes current urban issues in India and beyond.
For the past 5 years, urbz has been following families who's lives are spread between Mumbai and their ancestral villages in the Konkan (Western India).