In this video, Carpenter offers a live demonstration of the portable water filter press he and his students have developed. He reviews how activists have used these types of low-cost water filters around the world to help communities get access to clean water. Carpenter also presents his use of live demos as a form of public pedagogy to encourage learner engagement. This video will be of interest to socially-engaged artists, art educators, and those with an interest in global access to clean water.
People and ideas referenced in this video:
- Architecture for Humanity. Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. US Green Building Council, 2006. ISBN: 9781933045252.
- Fernando Mazeriegos, Guatemalan inventor who pioneered the use of low-cost ceramic water filters for disaster response.
- Ron Rivera of the organization Potters for Peace.
- Oscar Muñoz and the Colonias program at Texas A&M University. “Clean Water for Texas”. YouTube. February 19, 2009.
- Undergraduate Engineers, Affordable Portable Filter Press.
- Richard Wukich, CNN Video. YouTube. March 27, 2010.
- Sandlin, Jennifer A., Brian D. Schulz, and Jake Burdick, eds. Handbook of Public Pedagogy: Education and Learning Beyond School. Routledge, 2009. ISBN: 9780415801270.
