Transcript Creative Communities Place quality and citizenshipThinking culturally is a good start.

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Place quality and citizenshipThinking culturally is a good start
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Own stories
Own dreams
Unique experiences
Different needs
Different conceptions
Unique viewpoints
Own creativity
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Were all cultural beings with
It comes from the people
who lives, works and
spends their time there.
Values of no concern, can
not be rooted.
”A place without history is
fictious, a place left in
history is retrospective.
An autenthic place is both”
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What is the spirit of a place?
It derives from existing
values like identity and
autencity.
It is created by the
representation of a collective
narration where everyone can
participate.
Humane
Functions
Sustainable
Beauty
Dimensions
Roots
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What is place quality?
Catch the spirit– Cultural Mapping
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Heritage
Cultural inistitutions
Cutural enterprise
Culture among young people
Cultural diversity and religious life
Meeting places; pubs and cafés
Nature and recreation areas
Spontane and parcipatory culture
Arts and handicrafts
Creative education
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Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping
• What gives the place character?
• How is the place discribed?
• Which is the local history and what can
architecture and public art tell about the past?
• Is there a history that has not been told?
• Is there a unique culture; local traditions,
unique phenomenons?
• Where are the third spaces – meeting places?
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• Qualities
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Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping
Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping
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Is there something that makes this place unique?
Which places are desribed as beautiful or ugly?
What are the dreams and expectations?
Are there needs not met?
What is the range of entertainment?
Where are the meeting places – formal and informal?
What does sports mean to the place?
Do people feel proud about their place?
What the advantages of the place?
Which are the leisure activities?
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• The story
Developing place- Cultural Planning
Does city planning and
dreams get along together?
For:
• Place quality and
creativity
• With resources
for sustainability
• Social capital
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How many stories…
• Creative loopholes gives/are
• An alternative public space
• A possibility for self organizing, creativity and
spontanity
• Identity shaping and enables meetings
• New events and experiences
• Creative loopholes are
• In commons; hidden, forgotten or obvious
• In premises; public as in shops and cafés
• Creative loopholes needs to be
• Recognized
• Valued
• Allowed
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Creativity and place
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Creativity and assets
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Creativity and participation
Pre study
•Anchoring at decision level. Visualize the scope.
•Decision on frames.
•Identify actors
•Invite for information and dialogues. Presentation.
Mapping
•Create workgroups
•Place mapping / cultural inventory
•Open meeting places
•Workshops
•Visualize
•Reference group
•Model
•Visualise
•Strategy plan
Implementation •Implementation plan
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Creativity and process
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Intermission
Now it’s time for a break before the workshop.
Bringing pieces together….
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Thanks for your attention.
1. Divide into groups. Pick people you don’t know yet.
Present yourselves properly if necesarry
2. Create a scenario the cities you’ve visited and has a
member in the group. Try to recreate.
1. Make an inventory and a mapping of the place (30 min)
2. Suggest a possible work model for a parcipatory driven
Cultural planning plot or pilot plan (30 min)
3. Presentation / reflections (15 min)
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Workshop -
Shared knowledge:
• On bringing culture and citizenship together?
• For River//Cities and Cuture for Waterfronts?
Practice to carry further…
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Summary - Possible outcomes