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Re-imagining Walley: Exploring the Potential of Multimedia tools in Post Representational Community Planning Vigil Fonseca, Sandra
Abstract
Re-‐imagining Whalley is an academic inquiry as well as a storytelling map, a social media application hosting a series of collaborative short films reimagining.surrey.ca It aspires to become an open platform for the exchange of stories about Whalley (a neighbourhood in North Surrey) and its people. This application will allow users to upload their own written comments, audio podcast, and videos about Whalley. The participatory short films can be accessed through the dedicated website online reimagining.surrey.ca These short films were produced throughout 2011 and 2012. Participants (storytellers) were given 35 mm cameras to photograph places of personal resonance to them. These photos together with personal interviews were edited into short videos that are available in Youtube and can be streamed from reimagining.surrey.ca The project was carried out in partnership with the City of Surrey Social Planning Department, the Web and New Media Team, and residents of Whalley. As an exercise of academic inquiry Re-‐imagining Whalley explores the potential of communicative planning as an interactive and interpretative process for dealing with multiple systems of meanings about place. This project aims to escape the permanence of representation, the contingencies of time and space, and the politics of voice by creating an open medium (an interactive online platform) where potentially all users can produce new meanings. This kind of project could facilitate (post) representations of shifting realities and multiple positioning. As a planning intervention, the purpose was to build on the feelings of community pride in Whalley, to portray a positive image that can attract residents to the new developments in the area, and to create a bottom-‐ up communication channel between the City of Surrey and Whalley residents to facilitate participatory planning practices.
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| Title |
Re-imagining Walley: Exploring the Potential of Multimedia tools in Post Representational Community Planning
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| Date Issued |
2012-09
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| Description |
Re-‐imagining
Whalley
is
an
academic
inquiry
as
well
as
a
storytelling
map,
a
social
media
application
hosting
a
series
of
collaborative
short
films
reimagining.surrey.ca It
aspires
to
become
an
open
platform
for
the
exchange
of
stories
about
Whalley
(a
neighbourhood
in
North
Surrey)
and
its
people.
This
application
will
allow
users
to
upload
their
own
written
comments,
audio
podcast,
and
videos
about
Whalley.
The
participatory
short
films
can
be
accessed
through
the
dedicated
website
online
reimagining.surrey.ca These
short
films
were
produced
throughout
2011
and
2012.
Participants
(storytellers)
were
given
35
mm
cameras
to
photograph
places
of
personal
resonance
to
them.
These
photos
together
with
personal
interviews
were
edited
into
short
videos
that
are
available
in
Youtube
and
can
be
streamed
from
reimagining.surrey.ca
The
project
was
carried
out
in
partnership
with
the
City
of
Surrey
Social
Planning
Department,
the
Web
and
New
Media
Team,
and
residents
of
Whalley.
As
an
exercise
of
academic
inquiry
Re-‐imagining
Whalley
explores
the
potential
of
communicative
planning
as
an
interactive
and
interpretative
process
for
dealing
with
multiple
systems
of
meanings
about
place.
This
project
aims
to
escape
the
permanence
of
representation,
the
contingencies
of
time
and
space,
and
the
politics
of
voice
by
creating
an
open
medium
(an
interactive
online
platform)
where
potentially
all
users
can
produce
new
meanings.
This
kind
of
project
could
facilitate
(post)
representations
of
shifting
realities
and
multiple
positioning.
As
a
planning
intervention,
the
purpose
was
to
build
on
the
feelings
of
community
pride
in
Whalley,
to
portray
a
positive
image
that
can
attract
residents
to
the
new
developments
in
the
area,
and
to
create
a
bottom-‐
up
communication
channel
between
the
City
of
Surrey
and
Whalley
residents
to
facilitate
participatory
planning
practices.
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| Language |
eng
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| Series | |
| Date Available |
2013-01-24
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0075740
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| URI | |
| Affiliation | |
| Peer Review Status |
Unreviewed
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| Scholarly Level |
Graduate
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| Rights URI | |
| Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace
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