Webinar: Ethnographic Knowledge in Reshaping Historic and Contemporary Urban Spaces
Time
8.5.2024 at 13.00 - 16.00
Ethnographic Knowledge in Reshaping Historic and Contemporary Urban Spaces
Webinar May 8th, 2024 at 12:00–15:00 CET
How does urban change feel?
This webinar focuses on different ways of using ethnography in urban development, with a particular focus on historic spaces or spaces identified with heritage values. This webinar raises questions of community involvement in the urban planning processes from the perspective of sensory ethnography.
Participatory methods have a long history in community planning activities. However, sustainable and practical solutions are still being sought for the effective use of participatory planning processes. The challenges of protected historic sites, both historic cores and single buildings, need special attention. Recent research points out that issues of place-attachment play a central role in understanding these processes Ethnographic methods, both established and newer ones, such as sensory ethnographic work, offer a wide range of possibilities for this task. This webinar aims to exchange experiences and raise the debate on translating ethnographic research results in urban planning and design.
Registration to the webinar before May 3rd
https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/4C878968F41A52BC
Programme:
Introduction
– Maija Mäki, University of Turku, Finland and Neža Cebron Lipovec, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Keynote speech: Senses in Urban Belonging
– Tiina Suopajärvi, University of Oulu, Finland
Other presentations:
Sensing History in a New Neighborhood
– Silja Laine, University of Turku, Finland
Sensobiographic Walks in Ljubljana, a Methodological Reflection
– Sandi Abram, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Is Sensory Ethnographic Material Relevant for Policy Making? Thoughts from the Reykjavík-based Haunted Project
– Ólafur Rastrick, University of Iceland, Iceland
The Signs of Cultural Environment. Identifying Diverse Urban Layers in Helsinki
– Terhi Ainiala & Pia Olsson, University of Helsinki, Finland
Participatory workshop – Chair Päivi Leinonen, University of Turku, Finland
Organisers:
Planned, Experienced, and Sensed Socio-materiality of Well-being in Linnakaupunki, Turku (2023–2024). A project by Ethnology, Museum Studies & Cultural History at the University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University. The project is funded by the Turku Urban Research Programme.
The Potential of Ethnographic Methods for the Conservation of Built Heritage in Contested Spaces: The Case of Northern Istria (2021–2023). The project was funded by the Slovenian Research
Agency.
HEI-TRANSFORM: Heritage for Inclusive Sustainable Transformation (2022–2025). The project is funded by the Slovenian Research Agency and is carried out at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities, Institute for Archaeology and Heritage (Slovenia).
Webinar May 8th, 2024 at 12:00–15:00 CET
How does urban change feel?
This webinar focuses on different ways of using ethnography in urban development, with a particular focus on historic spaces or spaces identified with heritage values. This webinar raises questions of community involvement in the urban planning processes from the perspective of sensory ethnography.
Participatory methods have a long history in community planning activities. However, sustainable and practical solutions are still being sought for the effective use of participatory planning processes. The challenges of protected historic sites, both historic cores and single buildings, need special attention. Recent research points out that issues of place-attachment play a central role in understanding these processes Ethnographic methods, both established and newer ones, such as sensory ethnographic work, offer a wide range of possibilities for this task. This webinar aims to exchange experiences and raise the debate on translating ethnographic research results in urban planning and design.
Registration to the webinar before May 3rd
https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/4C878968F41A52BC
Programme:
Introduction
– Maija Mäki, University of Turku, Finland and Neža Cebron Lipovec, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Keynote speech: Senses in Urban Belonging
– Tiina Suopajärvi, University of Oulu, Finland
Other presentations:
Sensing History in a New Neighborhood
– Silja Laine, University of Turku, Finland
Sensobiographic Walks in Ljubljana, a Methodological Reflection
– Sandi Abram, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Is Sensory Ethnographic Material Relevant for Policy Making? Thoughts from the Reykjavík-based Haunted Project
– Ólafur Rastrick, University of Iceland, Iceland
The Signs of Cultural Environment. Identifying Diverse Urban Layers in Helsinki
– Terhi Ainiala & Pia Olsson, University of Helsinki, Finland
Participatory workshop – Chair Päivi Leinonen, University of Turku, Finland
Organisers:
Planned, Experienced, and Sensed Socio-materiality of Well-being in Linnakaupunki, Turku (2023–2024). A project by Ethnology, Museum Studies & Cultural History at the University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University. The project is funded by the Turku Urban Research Programme.
The Potential of Ethnographic Methods for the Conservation of Built Heritage in Contested Spaces: The Case of Northern Istria (2021–2023). The project was funded by the Slovenian Research
Agency.
HEI-TRANSFORM: Heritage for Inclusive Sustainable Transformation (2022–2025). The project is funded by the Slovenian Research Agency and is carried out at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities, Institute for Archaeology and Heritage (Slovenia).
Maija Mäki