Place-Maker-Space: A workshop of tools and methods for ‘crafting communities’ and ‘making places’ in the post-localism era
Published 20-09-2015
Keywords
- Community21,
- Community 21,
- Place-Making,
- Community,
- Psycho-Geographical Tools
- Social Learning,
- Post-Awareness Communities,
- Remaker-Space,
- Cultural Artefacts,
- Making Things Together,
- Beyond the Toolkit,
- Community Space,
- The Red House - Plymouth, UK,
- Community Identity,
- Minecraft,
- Virtual Making Platform,
- 3D Scanners,
- 3D Printing,
- Gamification,
- Gamified Learning,
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Abstract
This workshop bought together international paper presentations and a range of participatory activities in a two-day workshop to form perspectives on co-defining The Place-Maker-Space as a concept. Originally conceived as part of the University of Brighton’s Community21 initiative which has developed ‘a community space for making better places’ (Gant 2015) this workshop opened up and explored the idea of different ‘making methods’ situated in communities as a means to engage with broad social, economic and sustainability problems and opportunities. For Making Futures academics, practitioners and community members bought perspectives from North and South America, as well as the UK and Europe, New Zealand and Australia in forming a vision for inclusive maker-spaces that explore the betterment of places. Each participant was asked to provide a method for place-making (with a capital M) so that we can build collective understanding of the role of making in participatory processes of engagement and envisioning better places.