Place quality and citizenship-Thinking culturally is a good start
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Were all cultural beings with• Own stories• Own dreams• Unique experiences• Different needs• Different conceptions• Unique viewpoints• Own creativity
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What is the spirit of a place?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 place quality?It derives from existing values like identity and autencity.
It is created by the representation of a collective narration where everyone can participate.
HumaneFunctionsSustainableBeautyDimensionsRoots
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Catch the spirit– Cultural Mapping
• Quantum• 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
• Qualities• 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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Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping
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Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping
• The story• 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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Developing place- Cultural Planning
How many stories…Does city planning and dreams get along together?For:• Place quality and
creativity• With resources
for sustainability• Social capital
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Creativity and place• 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 assets
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Place possibilities
Activities
Local identity
and history
Cultural resources
Creativity and participation
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Community raised ”City hall”
Creativity and process
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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
Implementation
•Reference group•Model•Visualise•Strategy plan•Implementation plan
Thank’s for your participation
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Intermission
Thanks for your attention.
Now it’s time for a break before the workshop.Bringing pieces together….
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Workshop -
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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Summary - Possible outcomes
Shared knowledge:• On bringing culture and citizenship
together?• For River//Cities and Cuture for
Waterfronts?
Practice to carry further…
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