Dollar Street is a carefully organized set of photographs and videos turned into a game and tool created by Anna Rosling Rönnlund of Gapminder. It can serve as one way to start intercultural dialogues, whether you have a diverse, international group of students, or a more homogeneous set.
“People in other cultures are often portrayed as scary or exotic.” Anna explains: “This has to change. We want to show how people really live. It seemed natural to use photos as data so people can see for themselves what life looks like on different income levels. Dollar Street lets you visit many, many homes all over the world. Without travelling.”
Dollar Street is a Gapminder project – free for anyone to use. Today the database features 457 families in 66 countries, with 43,969 photos and 8,065 videos and counting!
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