REFLECTION/CONCLUSION/CRITIQUE

This photograph was taken on the Lady Young look out.

Reflection /Conclusion

There are many different activities done at night that differs from the activities done during the day within the city of Port of Spain. This blog has pin pointed the various social, cultural, and economical aspects of the city. These aspects may  including ‘liming’ which is a social event with a group of friends,  listening and playing the urban instrument of the steel pan or going to church can be seen as our culture. Additionally, prostitution, street dwelling, drug and port activity can be seen as four different economic activities done at night. Such activities may generate pollution and traffic within the city. However, all of these activities culminate to give what we know as Port of Spain, the City Light after Dark. Most importantly, it must be noted that as we made progress in capturing the night life, it was a bit thrilling and dangerous, looking back on the adventure.

Critique on course colleagues’ Blog

Keighon Webster and Nekaisha Legerton’s blog, Urban Mirrors, was very similar to our blog. We both cover aspects of homelessness, traffic congestion and vending within the city. What stood out the most in their blog was the informal interview with the street dweller which was very interesting first-hand information. Their blog not only linked to the urban geographical theories but they made connections between international regions and the city of Port of Spain. Additionally, they had compared each aspect whether it is street vending or traffic congestion between the two cities in Trinidad, Port of Spain and Arima, giving rise to a cohesive, coherent blog.

Slums- the King of Urban Decay by Ryan Dhanraj and Rommel Dookeran was very informative and interesting. The blog identifies the various characteristics of a slum and it relates all of the theories covered in the urban geography 2016 course. These theories included solutions to urban slum decay, urban graffiti, gentrification and demography, development and decay. My colleagues had included more than one photograph of each factor they had discussed in the blog. By having more than one photograph for each post, it captured the essence of what was being explained and provided substantial evidence. The blog was well written however, some may believe that it may be too much to read.

The blog done by Atiyah Mohammed and Shirlena Baldeosingh entitled Cities before Time, was a very innovative idea.  There was a good comparison of the past and present infrastructure of historic sites and the images were a good representation of the development made by the country. The blog layout chosen made it difficult to follow; as a result, I had lost interest in following the information.