The field school project focuses on integrating local knowledge with expert ways of reading the city and seeks to create a critically informed citizenry who may serve as advocates and stewards of our urban built heritage. Recounting stories of everyday places where we live and work can spur active engagement with others who share these spaces with us, revive interest in our built environment and encourage stewardship of our patrimony. The need for collaborative storytelling to create a public culture takes on a sense of urgency when established traditions and ways of life disappear and new ones emerge. But merely telling stories is not enough in these cases - rather citizens should be inspired to participate and contribute in a collective retelling of stories thereby producing a public discourse that is invested and engaged.
In the Forum Section you will find news of post-field school events, community feedback and scholarly analysis of the stories collected at Washington Park. |
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We asked community residents "why their neighborhood mattered?" And here are some of their responses. We used an iPhone app called Pixstori in order to capture these voices. You may send us your pixstori too. Just download the app from app store (android app will be available soon).
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