Place quality and citizenship - Thinking culturally is a good start

1. Place quality and citizenship-Thinkingculturally is a good start Creative Communities

2. Were all culturalbeings with • Ownstories • Owndreams • Uniqueexperiences • Different needs • Different conceptions • Uniqueviewpoints • Owncreativity Creative Communities

3. What is the spirit of a place? It comes from the peoplewholives, works and spendstheirtimethere. Valuesof no concern, can not be rooted. ”A placewithouthistory is fictious, a placeleft in history is retrospective. An autenthicplace is both” Creative Communities

4. What is placequality? It derives from existingvalues like identity and autencity. It is created by the representation of a collectivenarrationwhereeveryonecanparticipate. Humane Functions Sustainable Beauty Dimensions Roots Creative Communities

5. Catch the spirit– Cultural Mapping • Quantum • Heritage • Culturalinistitutions • Cuturalenterprise • Culture amongyoungpeople • Culturaldiversity and religiouslife • Meeting places; pubs and cafés • Nature and recreation areas • Spontane and parcipatoryculture • Arts and handicrafts • Creativeeducation Creative Communities

6. Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping • Qualities • What gives the placecharacter? • How is the placediscribed? • Which is the localhistory and whatcanarchitecture and public art tellabout the past? • Is there a historythat has not beentold? • Is there a uniqueculture; local traditions, uniquephenomenons? • Whereare the thirdspaces – meeting places? Creative Communities

7. Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping Creative Communities

8. Catch the spirit – Cultural Mapping • The story • Is theresomethingthat makes thisplaceunique? • Whichplacesaredesribed as beautiful or ugly? • Whatare the dreams and expectations? • Arethereneeds not met? • What is the rangeofentertainment? • Whereare the meeting places– formal and informal? • Whatdoes sports mean to the place? • Do peoplefeelproudabouttheirplace? • What the advantagesof the place? • Whichare the leisureactivities? Creative Communities

9. Developing place- Cultural Planning Howmanystories…Does city planning and dreams get alongtogether? For: • Place quality andcreativity • Withresourcesfor sustainability • Social capital Creative Communities

10. Creativity and place • Creativeloopholes gives/are • An alternative public space • A possibility for selforganizing, creativity and spontanity • Identityshaping and enables meetings • New events and experiences • Creativeloopholesare • In commons; hidden, forgotten or obvious • In premises; public as in shops and cafés • Creativeloopholesneeds to be • Recognized • Valued • Allowed Creative Communities

11. Creativity and assets Creative Communities

12. Creativity and participation Creative Communities

13. Creativity and process Creative Communities

14. Thank’s for your participation Creative Communities www.creativecommunities.se

15. Intermission Thanks for your attention. Nowit’stime for a break before the workshop. Bringingpiecestogether…. Creative Communities

16. Workshop - • Divideintogroups. Pick peopleyoudon’tknowyet. Present yourselvesproperlyifnecesarry • Create a scenario the citiesyou’vevisited and has a member in the group. Try to recreate. • Make an inventory and a mappingof the place (30 min) • Suggest a possible work model for a parcipatory driven Cultural planning plot or pilot plan (30 min) • Presentation / reflections (15 min) Creative Communities

17. Summary - Possibleoutcomes Sharedknowledge: • On bringingculture and citizenshiptogether? • For River//Citiesand Cuture for Waterfronts? Practice to carryfurther… Creative Communities