Creative Communities generate Creative Cities

By Regina Miranda

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CREATIVE CITYcultural vibrancysocial diversity

numerous leisure alternatives interesting jobs

the city belongs to its citizens and welcomes tourists

arts & culture manifestations strong and valued by citizens and government

citizens agents of transformation engaged in the

continuing construction of the city creative clusters

in several regions, promoting mobility urban spaces

that generate curiosity and creative participation

active leisure alternatives

How can we create the future we want for

our city?

Enhancing creativity

promoting access to knowledge leveraging diversity

and moving the culture toward shared ownership.

vision

A creative city nurtured by interconnected creative communities.

Community Development

Community will be created the moment we decide to act as creators of what it

can become.

This requires us to believe in the possibility that an organization, or a

community, is ours to create.

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Model - Rhyzome

Dynamic organization

No hierarchies of subordination

Paths are more important than points: they connect and favor the sharing of

information

pathway

. enhancing creativity

. promoting cultural engagement

. developing communal accountability and commitment.

Enhancing Creativity

The territory of the ARTS

Early Exposure to the Arts

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cultural engagement

Participation in collaborative actions that aim to reconnect people with the experience and vitality of a community artistic and cultural life.

accountability

To act as an owner of whatever project one wishes to develop or improve, caring and taking responsibility for all of its aspects.

commitment

It is one’s promise to contribute to the success of the whole.

To act for the growth of the community according to one’s values and desires.

WHAT can we do to create the places,

neighborhoods and cities that we want?

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Creating singularity and a sense of distinctiveness

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Hay-On-WyeWales, UK

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ICE HOTELS - FINLAND

I - Cultural and artistic leadership engaged in urban and social

transformation

II - Development or revitalization of Creative Communities

cultural & artistic leadership

･ Creates a context, which nurtures pathways for alternative futures.

･ Initiates conversations that challenge conventional experiences.

. Promotes engagement in cultural life.

Attitude

Envisioning possibilities, not solving problems

Active engagement, citizen leadership partnering with government agencies and

corporations

Autonomy & Sustainability nurtured by dynamic connections

Flexible Planning

interweaves

Community priorities - associational life

Cultural relevance - connection with history, potential for cultural preservation,

development, or revitalization

Urban, political, environmental & social impact

Socio-Cultural correspondencies

cultural sustainability relates to creativity, cohesion, singularity, and the development of strong and flexible identities, capable of

integrating external influences.

Socio-cultural sustainability emphasizes the social dimensions of cultural activities,

bringing into focus the leveraging of diversity and the development of community

connections.

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System of Socio-Cultural correspondencies

Museum of Contemporary Arts - Massachussets

Basic Chemistry

In order to

construct any

complex structure,

first the elements

need to connect.

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In a city or neighborhood, people connect when they know where and how to meet.

The exchange has the potential to generate knowledge.

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Now, what do WE do to create the city we want?

We begin by connecting with our passion, and embracing our cities’

communities of passion

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We start NOW.We don’t postpone and we don’t delegate. We trust our knowledge and imagination

and we take action.

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We initiate conversations, we

ask questions, we put out our

ideas, we listen, we invite

people, we make plans.

We use our imagination.

We don’t fear to dream.We don’t fear to be ridiculous. We don’t fear to look naïve. We dare to want the best.

We embrace intuition, knowledge

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We connect with others who nurture similar ideas.

We share knowledge. We trust.

We collaborate.

We become social choreographers

creating and perceiving urban rhythms and flows

shaping ideas and emotions

transforming the space

performing the dance while the dance is being created.

Thank You!

reginamirandacidadecriativa / urban transformations, 2010

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