A collaborative digital space, this archive showcases cultural public interventions across the world.
As communities grapple with solutions to wicked problems, the places that people inhabit are in constant revision and reconstruction. The connection between culture and
place is one that has been examined via several theoretical lenses in myriad disciplines in the Humanities and the Social Sciences by theorists such as:
Jane Jacobs, Pierre Nora, Judith Butler, Henry Lefebvre, Homi Bhabha and more.
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- You have access to a growing record of placemaking and public projects around the world today.
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- You are invited to submit the placemaking / cultural public interventions that you have documented.
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- You have access to a toolkit of instructional materials, which can be used in K-16 classrooms.
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- You are invited to collaborate to the creation of the toolkit by submitting your instructional materials for review.
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Featured Project
Plaza de Chueca
The Chueca quarter is the epicenter of gay Madrid and a symbol of modernity, avant-garde and open-minded tolerance. Its streets are a great place for anyone looking for fun, fashion and lots of atmosphere. The Chueca quarter is in the centre of the city of Madrid, and its main hubs are the Plaza de Chueca square and the streets of Fuencarral and Hortaleza. In recent years this area has become …