Author: Josswilson
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Salo Games
In the Tampere team we have been talking about how to integrate a game element into the explorations and Social Mapping that the highschool students are working with in Salo. To get an idea of our work so far — read this text on Salo Stories here. In short this first experiment — done in…
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Social mapping the places of transition. Case: Tobačna, Ljubljana
Tobačna (Tobacco factory) is a mixed-use area on the perimeter of the city centre of Ljubljana. It used to be an important production centre, but from 60’s to 90’s it has transformed into a vibrant hub for offices, event spaces and catering services. In fact, Tobačna has the highest number of creative industries in Ljubljana…
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Social and situated mapping in Salo, Finland
Salo is well known — in Finland — as a town hard hit by globalisation — Nokia left the city — but it is also a very fragmented physical city structure. The spatial and social aspects merge into divisions between “Salo-locals”, foreigners, old people, young people, the disabled and people living in the centre and countryside.…
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Meet our fellows
Six young researchers working with engaged citizens to create mutual learning for better neighbourhood living. As we’re approaching week 5 of our applied-research-meets-grassroots-initiatives programme, we want to share the profiles of the six fellows we’re prototyping this live learning set-up with. We’re excited to have this multidisciplinary mix of…