“Drones for Social Justice:The africanDrone Story”
Egalitarianism (from French égal ‘equal’), or equalitarianism, is a school of thought within political philosophy that builds from the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people. Egalitarian doctrines are generally characterized by the idea that all humans are equal in fundamental worth or moral status and should be accorded exactly equal rights.
The quote “All men are created equal” has also been postulated by the founding fathers of America in the declaration of independence echoing the great philosopher John Locke known for his theory “Locke Theory”.
Social Inclusion is the bedrock of the equality of man, validating its truth sadly those words only exist in space.This is because, all around world for men all born of women to assent to these words and act accordingly have been found wanting.
Johnnie Miller is the cofounder of the africanDrone a not for profit drone pioneer across Africa.
Drone Journalism and Inequality
His mission is to use drones for good propagating and evangelizing with drones with what he terms “Drone Journalism”.
“ Drone journalism is the use of drones as a primary source of storytelling in the context of journalistic practice,ethics and principles”says Johnnie as he shared images taken by his drones at an event organised by Code for Africa on the 1st of September 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria.
The pictures taken by his drones have validated the systematic social and racial inequality exist in quite a number of communities,cities and countries around the world.They have also revealed the unseen beauty in landscapes.
It has challenged status quo and gotten a different response from viewers who saw them as against images shot from the ground.
The above image taken by Johnnie with his drone is of Johannesburg South Africa who had been under an Apartheid regime declared that after the regime collapsed that all was well at home, equal rights and opportunities were offered to all but this picture speaks more than a thousand words.
It captured of the living conditions of the two different suburbs close to each other where the white folk live and where the black folk live
Drone Mapping
Drones are easily the solution to help solve the mapping problems in Africa because of the aerial view and spatial resolutions provided in the drone images.
Mapping helps in making service delivery easier for example fertilizer delivery for agriculture and blood delivery to hospitals from blood banks critical in disaster recovery and also supports the SDGs
Drone journalism has come to to stay and is confined or colonised being democratic.More African governments are adopting drones for different services and it is cheaper.Drone journalism also finds a place in art, photography, urban design and planning .
Participants in the training had questions to ask from type of drones to use, getting licences and drone communities to join.
For more info on drone journalism reach Johnnie on twitter @africandrone on instagram @johnny_miller_photography
Photo reel of events with participants and staff of Code4Africa.
