Presentation at ACSIS research conference in Norrköping, Sweden. June, 2011.

1. Placemaking
‘ The
Tolerant
City’
Ethnographic
Strategies
for
Cultural
Planning
in
Helsingborg
Samantha
Hyler.
ACSIS
Conference,
Norköping
June
15,
2011

2. Place
Making
the
‘ Tolerant
City’
• Helsingborg,
H+,
and
SegregaKon
• Ethnological,
sensory
perspecKves
to
places
• Unique
urban
idenKty
of
places.
• Cultural
mapping,
images,
and
applicaKons
• IncorporaKng
ciKzens’
values
and
needs
through
cultural
analysis
in
the
H+
project

3. H+
and
the
Tolerant
City
Project
• Helsingborg
&
the
H+
project
– Tolerant
City
– Break
down
barriers,
encourage
tolerance
• The
Invisible
Line
–
Two
‘cityscapes’
• Cultural
Analysis
Role
–
between
cityscapes
‘city’
and
‘City’;
and
north
and
south
A
divided
city
is
immediately
visible
upon
leaving
Knutpunkten,
Helsingborg’s
central
transit
staKon.
The
south
lies
to
the
leY
in
the
picture,
and
the
north
to
the
right.

4. Placemaking
H+
-­‐
‘from
the
Ground
Up’
• In
order
to
build
new
places,
one
must
understand
their
parKcular,
unique
idenKKes
– Understand
‘being’
and
‘becoming’
and
‘dwelling’
through
sensory/
phenomenology.
– PercepKons
and
experiences
of
places,
sensory
experiences
– DialecKcal
RelaKonship
formed
from
interacKons,
emplaced
experiences,
and
percepKons
of
people
and
places
=
DisKnct
urban
idenKKes
or
‘cultural
DNA’
(Ghilardi
2001,
2009)
• Translate
this
ethnological
knowledge
into
useful&
understandable
materials
for
non
specialists,
e.g.
cultural
maps,
images,
throughout
planning
processes.

5. Walking
with
Informants
lends
access
to
experience
and
percepKons
of
places

6. Senses
of
Place
• The
Invisible
Line
-­‐
Trädgårdsgatan
• SegregaKon
&
The
Tolerant
City
• Atmospheres
and
urban
values

7. Senses
&
Experiences
of
Places
The
South,
Söder,
is
characterized
by
community
&
local
spaces.

8. MediaKng
Cityscapes
Typical
visual
representaKons
of
Helsingborg
include
prominent
and
historical
architecture
in
Centrum,
in
the
North
of
the
city

10. Cultural
Resource
Mapping

11. Cultural
Resource
Mapping

12. Cultural
Resource
Mapping

13. Ethnography
for
Cultural
Planning
• “A
dynamic
and
adaptable
planning
process
is
to
a
large
extent
‘sustainability’.
Not
only
the
physical
organiza<on
of
the
area,
but
also
its
ambience,
its
cultural
and
func<onal
content
have
been
dealt
with
in
order
to
create
The
Tolerant
City.
The
different
districts
open
themselves
to
a
great
variety
of
people
and
a
future
life
as
yet
unknown,
while
they
interweave
with
the
rest
of
Helsingborg,
psychologically
as
well
as
physically.”
(Helsingborgs
stad
2009,
p.104).