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URBAN EARTH is a project to (re)present our habitat by walking across some of the largest urban areas on Earth. This video was shot by SUSO* and introduces t…

This is the introductory video to the Urban Earth youtube channel.  The goal of this “guerrilla geography” is to see and understand the city beyond the tourism guidebook.   Daniel Raven-Ellison, the creator of the project is one of National Geographic’s “Emerging Explorers” and in this video, demonstrates the methods behind his urban explorations.  You can see his influence in helping found http://www.missionexplore.net/ as a portal for alternative geographies to engage students.  For more about his projects, see http://ravenellison.com/ for more details.
Since I did my research in Mexico City, I’m partial to this Urban Earth video of that amazing city…I loved the feel of being in the city that this video creates.

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