https://caringwith.city Caring—with Cities Thu, 18 Jan 2024 07:53:09 +0000 https://caringwith.city en https://caringwith.city/Caring-With Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:58:50 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Caring-With Caring—⁠with rather than —⁠about or —⁠for moves beyond understandings of care as a provision from institutions to individuals, or from individual to individual, which positions the cared—for as passive recipients. Caring—with names a different and more holistic way of envisaging care as “an ongoing system of caring acts in which we’re sometimes on an extreme end of the giving–receiving scale, and sometimes in the middle” (Tronto, 2015, p. 16). Caring—with Cities takes this possibility to the urban realm in an attempt to understand how care can be embedded as a value into existing and future cities. The project interrogates the interface between community-led and policy-led initiatives, and explores if and how care—with can be designed into future urban policy and practice. How is ‘care’ conceptualised and operationalised by policies and community-led practices in the cities? How does it inform visions and practices towards a ‘good city’? What are the individual and collective psychological processes involved in generating a sense of care towards urban environments? What forms of caring—with practices, across policy-makers and community-led initiatives, successfully recognise, value, support and amplify care within cities? How can care be embedded and designed in cities’ infrastructures? How could we design more holistic strategies to bring care into the heart of urban decision making? Tronto, J. C. (2015). Who Cares?: How to Reshape a Democratic Politics. Cornell Selects. https://caringwith.city/Methodology Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:00:31 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Methodology The research design is centred around in-depth studies of existing community-led and policy driven urban initiatives in cities across the UK. In each case study, participant-researchers from the community organisations will undertake: organisational and community archival research; in-depth interviews and facilitated group conversations, and a preliminary system mapping of the interface with policy to identify specific mechanisms. Following the preliminary system mapping – and in collaboration with the participant-researchers –&nbsp;a more detailed system mapping of policy areas that support the selected projects and community-policy interactions will be produced to identify those related to care, and wider systems of interdependency. The UK case studies will also be explored in relation to two international examples of best practice of embedding care into community-development and urban policy-making: one focussing on embedding of care into the municipalist support for collaborative housing in Barcelona, Spain; and another examining a system of mutualised care integrating birth and end-of-life facilities in the Brussels CLT CALICO (Care in the Community) project, and its relationship with the city regions and city policy, in Brussels, Belgium. A series of events will be held to invite contributions to interim work and to share key insights from the project on completion. https://caringwith.city/Resources Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:22:02 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Resources Resources&nbsp; Materials developed as part of our caring—with framework can be downloaded below. ︎︎︎Mapping Protocol ︎︎︎Mapping Template ︎︎︎Mapping Handout ︎︎︎Interview Topic Guide Resources are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0If you use or develop these we would be very intersted to hear from you. https://caringwith.city/Case-Studies Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:36:00 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Case-Studies Case Studies Working with participant-researchers across three main case studies embedded in different urban policy contexts across England, we used participatory mapping, in-depth interviews and facilitated group conversations with policy officers and members of community organisations, to understand opportunities for caring—with, where these dynamics are already present, and to suggest directions for policy design. Tranquil City Tranquil City is a collective of environmental, built-environment, psychological and data-science practitioners and researchers with the common aim of using their knowledge for human and environmental benefit. Tranquil City’s mission is to drive positive behaviour change that enables people to lead healthier and more balanced lives in cities.&nbsp; For the purpose of Caring—with Cities project, our research was focused on Tranquil City’s work in Lewisham, London. This area of Tranquil City’s work included collaborations with Lewisham City Council, local schools, and community-led green space action groups, leading to the co-creation of the Tranquil Pavements Map, a platform for people to share and discover tranquility within London. Tranquil Pavements map was the main objective and outcome of the Tranquil City’s work in Lewisham and was one of 43 experiments funded and supported by OrganiCity between 2016 – 2018.&nbsp; Lancaster Civic Vision The Lancaster Civic Vision case study builds on the previous collaboration between the Lancaster City Council, Lancaster County Council, and the University of Lancaster (LICA). Previous engagements included participants exploring areas of urban matters, policy, and design using participation methods. The Caring with cities project brought about the opportunity to engage community-led organisations in conversations&nbsp; with the Community Conversations team within Lancaster City Council (LCC). Lancaster Civic Vision (LCV) is part of the Community Groups aiming to promote and encourage initiatives—relating to quality of life, architecture and planning, heritage, and economic development and regeneration. LVC forms a bottom-up approach, supporting initiatives in the area administered by LCC. Lancaster Civic Vision have positioned themselves as a community resource to assist and nudge LCC with campaigns on urban matters.&nbsp; For the purpose of the Caring—with Cities project, our research focussed on the mechanisms through which the organisation attempts to influence urban planning and policy. Portland Works Portland Works is a grade II* listed integrated metal works on the outskirts of Sheffield city centre, built in 1879. It was the birthplace of stainless steel cutlery manufacturing, making it one of the outstanding examples of Sheffield’s industrial heritage. Today it is home to a mix of artists, musicians, small scale craftspeople as well as metalworkers, continuing a tradition of innovative manufacture. In 2009 an application to turn it into studio flats placed Portland Works' tenants under theat. In 2013 Portland Works was successfully purchased by the community, through a share issue. It is now owned by over 500 community shareholders and governed through an elected board of up to 12 directors.&nbsp; For the purpose of the Caring—with Cities project, our research focused on its operations following the purchase of the building by the community.&nbsp; AUAR (Automated Architecture) The above case studies were complemented by a mapping activity with AUAR. AUAR uses modular building systems and robotics to provide affordable, sustainable housing solutions. AUAR is a spin-out company from AUAR Labs at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London. For the purpose of the Caring—with Cities project, our research focused on spaces, tools and processes for experimentation within community projects in Bristol and the London borough of Hackney.&nbsp; https://caringwith.city/Publications Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:30:08 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Publications Publications &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1654" height="2339" width_o="1654" height_o="2339" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f6e7c0379a600daf357b6b89f0a309f8481a0b7fbf7a91e9210af50d0d611a0/Caring-with-Cities-Project-Report-Cover.jpg" data-mid="166154431" border="0" data-scale="23" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f6e7c0379a600daf357b6b89f0a309f8481a0b7fbf7a91e9210af50d0d611a0/Caring-with-Cities-Project-Report-Cover.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="670" height="945" width_o="670" height_o="945" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f88834729e60c5cf2abb0ac055790bf2a2c6dd0223e4cc05b1cbf99ad54afad/losquaderno65-cover.jpg" data-mid="186192236" border="0" data-scale="23" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/670/i/5f88834729e60c5cf2abb0ac055790bf2a2c6dd0223e4cc05b1cbf99ad54afad/losquaderno65-cover.jpg" /> https://caringwith.city/Care-Full-Readings Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:56:58 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Care-Full-Readings The texts below were starting points for thinking together about care and cities. We are continuing to build a care-full reading list. Please feel free to add and share through our public Zotero list here. The Care Collective. (2020). Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence. Verso. Federici, S., &amp; Jones, C. (2020). Counterplanning in the Crisis of Social Reproduction. South Atlantic Quarterly, 119(1), 153–165. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-8007713 Haraway, D. (2007). When Species Meet. University Of Minnesota Press. Huron, A. (2015). Working with Strangers in Saturated Space: Reclaiming and Maintaining the Urban Commons. Antipode, 47(4), 963–979. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12141 Ostrom, E. (2000). Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14(3), 137–158. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.14.3.137 Petrescu, D., &amp; Trogal, K. (Eds.). (2017). The Social (Re)Production of Architecture: Politics, Values and Actions in Contemporary Practice. Routledge. Power, E. R., &amp; Williams, M. J. (2020). Cities of care: A platform for urban geographical care research. Geography Compass, 14(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12474 Ryan, R. M., &amp; Deci, E. L. (2001). On Happiness and Human Potentials: A Review of Research on Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being. Annual Review of Psychology, 52(1), 141–166. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.141 Rydin, Y., &amp; Tate, L. (Eds.). (2016). Actor Networks of Planning: Exploring the influence of Actor Network Theory. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315714882 Trogal, K. (2017). Caring: Making Commons, Making Connections. In D. Petrescu &amp; K. Trogal (Eds.), The Social (Re)Production of Architecture: Politics, Values and Actions in Contemporary Practice (pp. 159–174). Routledge. Tronto, J. C. (2015). Who Cares?: How to Reshape a Democratic Politics. Cornell Selects. Wright, K. (2014). Becoming-With. Environmental Humanities, 5(1), 277–281. https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-3615514 https://caringwith.city/Project-Team Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:38:15 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Project-Team The project draws on interdisciplinary insights and expertise from urban geography, planning, public engagement, architecture, environmental psychology and engineering. Caring—with Cities is led by Dr Mara Ferreri, Senior Researcher at the Polytechnic of Turin (formerly at Northumbria University). The project team includes Dr Claire McAndrew, The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL; Professor Cristina Cerulli, Sheffield Hallam University; Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe, University of Surrey; Dr Marianna Cavada, University of Lancaster; and Dr Jonathan Orlek, Liverpool John Moores University (formerly a Postdoctoral Research Assistant on the project). <img width="1599" height="1599" width_o="1599" height_o="1599" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e95a24fa91f36f20a91379baaab217725aa2b03c6a7aee83c4f1dc69f1a4447/Mara-Profile-copy.jpg" data-mid="120747817" border="0" alt="Dr Mara Ferreri" data-caption="Dr Mara Ferreri" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e95a24fa91f36f20a91379baaab217725aa2b03c6a7aee83c4f1dc69f1a4447/Mara-Profile-copy.jpg" /> <img width="902" height="902" width_o="902" height_o="902" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebc70d93e456b3d4a9aba80bf4ae059ab176012829d4bde5aa8749f1f32bdfa4/Marianna-Profile.jpg" data-mid="120641963" border="0" alt="Dr Marianna Cavada" data-caption="Dr Marianna Cavada" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/902/i/ebc70d93e456b3d4a9aba80bf4ae059ab176012829d4bde5aa8749f1f32bdfa4/Marianna-Profile.jpg" /> <img width="769" height="769" width_o="769" height_o="769" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2753e06fc3074e4e8ba8992f61032789c918d90c508448b9120f89e994adba6a/CCsquare.jpg" data-mid="121052938" border="0" alt="Professor Cristina Cerulli" data-caption="Professor Cristina Cerulli" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/769/i/2753e06fc3074e4e8ba8992f61032789c918d90c508448b9120f89e994adba6a/CCsquare.jpg" /> <img width="3025" height="3025" width_o="3025" height_o="3025" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d812f073e2123ea50318eb1fa04b0d9aae2f54859670661c2853602a4b476b9d/Claire-McAndrew-Profile.jpg" data-mid="120747101" border="0" alt="Dr Claire McAndrew" data-caption="Dr Claire McAndrew" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d812f073e2123ea50318eb1fa04b0d9aae2f54859670661c2853602a4b476b9d/Claire-McAndrew-Profile.jpg" /> <img width="2405" height="2405" width_o="2405" height_o="2405" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19c38ed2cc17d5c0bfac5fe165ce00236a3dc0cdb4a5f4e0cbec44ce528d8624/ER_hi-res.jpg" data-mid="121293759" border="0" alt="Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe" data-caption="Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19c38ed2cc17d5c0bfac5fe165ce00236a3dc0cdb4a5f4e0cbec44ce528d8624/ER_hi-res.jpg" /> <img width="2119" height="2119" width_o="2119" height_o="2119" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdd8b93e6572966c2e8222d9d8ef2c01d70d5926c3f366c39d97837d49dc4c3a/Jonathan-Orlek_Square.jpg" data-mid="117782345" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" alt="Dr Jonathan Orlek" data-caption="Dr Jonathan Orlek" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdd8b93e6572966c2e8222d9d8ef2c01d70d5926c3f366c39d97837d49dc4c3a/Jonathan-Orlek_Square.jpg" /> If you are interested in the project, and would like to know more about what we are up to, please get in touch. https://caringwith.city/Follow-On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 07:53:09 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Follow-On Follow on Activities: Sticking with the dance, caring over time. Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA) International Conference: Ecologies of Care (25-27 October 2023, Portsmouth). Entangled Acts. Caring—With the Situated Practitioner. European Urban Research Association (EURA) Conference (University of Iceland Reykjavík, 22-24 June 2023). Link to book of abstracts︎︎︎ https://caringwith.city/Homepage Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:00:34 +0000 Caring—with Cities https://caringwith.city/Homepage