I like the style, approach and content of ‘Stories in the Park’. It reflects a different way of t... more I like the style, approach and content of ‘Stories in the Park’. It reflects a different way of thinking of, talking about and acting out planning. The project dragged out the seemingly nested complexity that contorted Eagleby’s sense of itself largely through an approach to structured listening embodied in the ‘Speak Out’ process. But listening is also about hearing. What we hear and pay attention to depends on our antennae. What the residents of Eagleby said was probably said many times before; but not heard, because it did not fit the vocabulary of urban professionals like planners. Just like the words happiness, contentment, passion, anger or distress are not part of the language of professionals nor is ‘stigma’—a sense of disgrace, a mark, a brand. When looked at through the eyes of a different mindscape, the artist Graham Dunstan, ‘stigma’ moved from being a floating word clouding over the Eagleby landscape to something real and visceral. It could be embodied, made physical, it could be created and built and it could be burnt so disappearing back into the ether. Yet that grinding process of making and the cathartic moment of burning left longer-term traces whose unfolding impact will not be known for a while. What we know is that along the way something happened: it bent the imagination; it gave Eagleby back to its residents allowing them to reclaim themselves and their space; it opened them out to other methods of working like the Council of All Beings, which in turn let residents find new means of expression. Can I be self-centred? In reading ‘Stories in the Park’ I had two tiny insights for myself as two differing thoughts came into my mind. The first reminded me of Jaime Lerner’s (the former mayor of Curitiba) ‘urban acupuncture’, where you assess a situation and seek to find the most appropriate point to release energy. An energy that has multiple spin-offs. At times this may amount to lancing a boil, at others an action creates effects that cascade outwards. For example, street kids in Curitiba were desperate for food and Lerner developed a scheme where they were given food for free, but the gateway to the food was through attending a classroom so solving two problems at once. Another example concerns recycling where green vans collect garbage from shanty towns for which dwellers get paid according to weight. Another van simultaneously sells fresh foods. Many goals are achieved at the same time and there is a kind of self-balancing in his approach.
The process of building an urban agenda should be characterized by rigor and plurality. Only in t... more The process of building an urban agenda should be characterized by rigor and plurality. Only in this way we can guarantee a participative process in which territorial agents feel involved in both the construction and the subsequent development of the action plan. Building the future is not something that should be undertaken with frivolity or with errors that negatively influence the perception of the process. More than four hundred social leaders, politicians from two countries (Spain and Portugal) who discussed and validated the process of the Urban Agenda of Eixo Atlantico, guarantee its transparency and governance. But before that, a last-generation document with an integral vision that built the global from the local level had to be elaborated. And in this task we have been lucky to count on the contribution of relevant people from the main areas involved in an Urban Agenda. The result is a summary document that must not forget the contributions on which it is based. That is wh...
... Innovative and Sustainable Cities. Hall, P and Landry, C (1997) Innovative and Sustainable Ci... more ... Innovative and Sustainable Cities. Hall, P and Landry, C (1997) Innovative and Sustainable Cities. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working C: Dublin. Full text not available from this repository. Type: Book. Title: Innovative and Sustainable Cities. ...
... Title: The creative city in Britain and Germany. Authors: Landry, C. Bianchini, F. Ebert, R. ... more ... Title: The creative city in Britain and Germany. Authors: Landry, C. Bianchini, F. Ebert, R. Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society, London (United Kingdom). Keywords: The creative city in Britain and Germany [ Urban planning]. Issue Date: 1996. ...
Culture is who we are and creativity shapes what we can become. So more people, more organization... more Culture is who we are and creativity shapes what we can become. So more people, more organizations, more towns, cities, regions and countries for more reasons are finding that culture and creativity has something in it for them, especially in the context of renewing their place, their economy and their urban life.
I like the style, approach and content of ‘Stories in the Park’. It reflects a different way of t... more I like the style, approach and content of ‘Stories in the Park’. It reflects a different way of thinking of, talking about and acting out planning. The project dragged out the seemingly nested complexity that contorted Eagleby’s sense of itself largely through an approach to structured listening embodied in the ‘Speak Out’ process. But listening is also about hearing. What we hear and pay attention to depends on our antennae. What the residents of Eagleby said was probably said many times before; but not heard, because it did not fit the vocabulary of urban professionals like planners. Just like the words happiness, contentment, passion, anger or distress are not part of the language of professionals nor is ‘stigma’—a sense of disgrace, a mark, a brand. When looked at through the eyes of a different mindscape, the artist Graham Dunstan, ‘stigma’ moved from being a floating word clouding over the Eagleby landscape to something real and visceral. It could be embodied, made physical, it could be created and built and it could be burnt so disappearing back into the ether. Yet that grinding process of making and the cathartic moment of burning left longer-term traces whose unfolding impact will not be known for a while. What we know is that along the way something happened: it bent the imagination; it gave Eagleby back to its residents allowing them to reclaim themselves and their space; it opened them out to other methods of working like the Council of All Beings, which in turn let residents find new means of expression. Can I be self-centred? In reading ‘Stories in the Park’ I had two tiny insights for myself as two differing thoughts came into my mind. The first reminded me of Jaime Lerner’s (the former mayor of Curitiba) ‘urban acupuncture’, where you assess a situation and seek to find the most appropriate point to release energy. An energy that has multiple spin-offs. At times this may amount to lancing a boil, at others an action creates effects that cascade outwards. For example, street kids in Curitiba were desperate for food and Lerner developed a scheme where they were given food for free, but the gateway to the food was through attending a classroom so solving two problems at once. Another example concerns recycling where green vans collect garbage from shanty towns for which dwellers get paid according to weight. Another van simultaneously sells fresh foods. Many goals are achieved at the same time and there is a kind of self-balancing in his approach.
The process of building an urban agenda should be characterized by rigor and plurality. Only in t... more The process of building an urban agenda should be characterized by rigor and plurality. Only in this way we can guarantee a participative process in which territorial agents feel involved in both the construction and the subsequent development of the action plan. Building the future is not something that should be undertaken with frivolity or with errors that negatively influence the perception of the process. More than four hundred social leaders, politicians from two countries (Spain and Portugal) who discussed and validated the process of the Urban Agenda of Eixo Atlantico, guarantee its transparency and governance. But before that, a last-generation document with an integral vision that built the global from the local level had to be elaborated. And in this task we have been lucky to count on the contribution of relevant people from the main areas involved in an Urban Agenda. The result is a summary document that must not forget the contributions on which it is based. That is wh...
... Innovative and Sustainable Cities. Hall, P and Landry, C (1997) Innovative and Sustainable Ci... more ... Innovative and Sustainable Cities. Hall, P and Landry, C (1997) Innovative and Sustainable Cities. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working C: Dublin. Full text not available from this repository. Type: Book. Title: Innovative and Sustainable Cities. ...
... Title: The creative city in Britain and Germany. Authors: Landry, C. Bianchini, F. Ebert, R. ... more ... Title: The creative city in Britain and Germany. Authors: Landry, C. Bianchini, F. Ebert, R. Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society, London (United Kingdom). Keywords: The creative city in Britain and Germany [ Urban planning]. Issue Date: 1996. ...
Culture is who we are and creativity shapes what we can become. So more people, more organization... more Culture is who we are and creativity shapes what we can become. So more people, more organizations, more towns, cities, regions and countries for more reasons are finding that culture and creativity has something in it for them, especially in the context of renewing their place, their economy and their urban life.
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