pick me ups
Posted: September 9, 2010 Filed under: art, city, community, cultural probe, participation, tea | Tags: degree show 2010, drawing, Dundee, teapot Leave a comment »






I distributed some mini questionnaires around Dundee which asked folk to fill in the pages and post back (already stamped and addressed). The responses were just fantastic! I’ve put a lot on the Commun-i-tea facebook page, and here is a wee taster…
red flags
Posted: September 9, 2010 Filed under: city, community, cultural probe, mapping, participation | Tags: degree show 2010, Dundee, flags, map, questions Leave a comment »Wonderful responses to the question “What strengthens community?”. Left by visitors to the 2010 Duncan of Jordanstone degree show. To see more visit the Commun-i-tea facebook page
green flags
Posted: September 9, 2010 Filed under: city, community, cultural probe, mapping, participation | Tags: degree show 2010, Dundee, flags, map, questions Leave a comment »Here is a taster of some of the flags that were stuck in the map of Dundee at the degree show. I’ve posted the rest on the Commun-i-tea facebook page.
2010 degree show
Posted: July 3, 2010 Filed under: community, cultural probe, design, interventions, mapping, participation, tea | Tags: degree show 2010, drawing, Dundee, engagement, map, tea Leave a comment »Better late than never – some pictures from my degree show. It was an interactive exhibition with the map being the most popular – I was asking people to flag places in Dundee where you might find community. Some responses: “Nether Inn”, “Granny Lunch fri lunchtime”, “Dens park and Tannadice park, both with long traditions”, “The Parlour”, “Casa Helen and John” – to name a few. I also asked people to highlight what is missing that could strengthen a sense of community. This time folks mentioned outdoor cafe’s, activities for teenagers, police patrols…
I also had my trusty tea trolley and a smaller impromptu tea kit that can attach on to a lamp post for a spontaneous tea-gathering. Getting a real lamp post turned out to be a bit tricky so one had to be cobbled together in the workshop. I also had on display small booklets that I had left around Dundee and people had picked up, filled in and posted back to me. They had been completed beautifully, but unfortunately the ‘Pick me up’ instruction was followed at the degree show too and I lost most of them.
Community cameras
Posted: March 19, 2010 Filed under: city, cultural probe, design, interventions, participation | Tags: cameras, Dundee, engagement, guerilla tactics, kits, photography, stamps Leave a comment »I released a set of ‘community cameras’ in Dundee today – asking the finders to photograph the things that represent community to them… fingers crossed I see some of them back x

















