The Power of Collective Creation: Placemaking Learning Exchange

How can community engagement help build trust and attachment to places, as well as create opportunities for all to feel at home in public spaces?

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We invite you to join us for this Placemaking Learning Exchange on Tuesday 5 December at 14:00 to reflect on the power of collective creation and how community engagement efforts can help build trust and attachment to places, as well as create opportunities for residents to feel at home in public spaces.

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In this session we bring two perspectives to the table – the first from the City of Helsingborg, where many placemaking initiatives have been carried out by the municipality to co-create with communities and enable all parties in the processes to have open, honest and fruitful dialogues where all voices are heard. Cecilia Fredriksson will talk about how equality and planning can come together and how the City of Helsingborg aims to create a norm of equality in urban planning.

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The second presentation will come from Makariv (Kyiv region), where Nashe Place has been initiated to revitalise public spaces that have been affected by russian aggression. The focus of this presentation will be on working with the community’s painful memories and traumas through the collective creation of a photo exhibition. The Speakers – Iurii Granovskyi and Veronika Mol – will discuss community engagement, the art process, and the supervision and creation of unique temporary constructions with the aim of creating places that residents can enjoy with dignity and comfort.

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The second presentation will come from Makariv (Kyiv region), where Nashe Place has been initiated to revitalise public spaces that have been affected by russian aggression. The focus of this presentation will be on working with the community’s painful memories and traumas through the collective creation of a photo exhibition. The Speakers – Iurii Granovskyi and Veronika Mol – will discuss community engagement, the art process, and the supervision and creation of unique temporary constructions with the aim of creating places that residents can enjoy with dignity and comfort.

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More about the Speakers:

• Cecilia Fredriksson – Urban planner in The City of Helsingborg who is working to increase safety in public places. She is driven by how dialogue mixed with unconventional methods can result in inclusiveness rather than using standardised approaches assumed to fit everyone. 
• Iurii Hranovskyi – Working on the community engagement and the vitality for “Nashe place”. Facilitator, designer, urbanist, as well as co-founder of Agents of Change, Public Platform and Peremebli
• Veronika Mol – Curating art projects related to “Nashe place”, Instant film artist and member of the MYPH art community

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Join us for this engaging session where we will have the opportunity to break down the steps of the process and learn together how we can work together for and with communities!

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This learning exchange is part of the PLACE project (Placemaking for Citizen-led Missions in SE Europe), which is led by Placemaking Europe, Korimako, KLIK and PUSH, who are all members of Thriving Communities – an initiative helping communities to create radical enough change to thrive in the 21st century.

This event is made possible thanks to support from the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme of the European Union.

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Join us on Tuesday, December 5th at 14:00 – 15:15 CET.

This is an online, open session – register on Eventbrite to get the link!