An urban engagement workshop surrounding [freespace].

WORKSHOP PURPOSE
To more deeply experience the neighborhood that surrounds you.
To bring people together within a one block radius area of your neighborhood, in order to reveal what’s really there.
To heighten a relationship to the physical and emotional aspects of the city.

OUTCOMES
Increase in productivity, as it’s been proven that productivity increases when people take breaks from their computers and go outside.
Team building takes place, as workshops are designed to create meaningful interactions between participants.
A more substantial relationship to your surrounding neighborhood leads to a deeper understanding of your city, and civic engagement is fostered. The more a place is experienced, the more people care about it.

PROCESS
Participants receive an individual invitation [psychogeographic ‘directions’] to shift their consciousness in relation to place. An example is: “Take 3 photographs where differences meet”. Participants are invited to roam within a radial area and take three photos that respond to their prompt. There will also be interactive elements between participants. The group then meets back at the meeting point to share their photos, and will then send them to senseofplace LAB to form a ‘sense of place’ map of the area.