The Creative City

Version 1.1 by Emily West on 2021/12/01 13:14

Entry No	SPI
Strategic area(s)	Citizen Science, Cultural and Creative GDE&I (Gender, diversity, equality and inclusion)
Name of partner	SPI (Frauke Röth)
Resource / link	https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/blog/2021/06/women-gender-and-mobility https://use.metropolis.org/gender-mainstreaming-in-city-development#casestudydetail Yencken, D. (1988). "The creative city", Meanjin, Vol 47, Number 4.
Location, Description of intervention/project	SPI, Potsdam, Germany
Geographical scale of the project	Potsdam
Background information	Different residents of the city have different needs and requirements of the city. Especially with regard to the needs of women and children and minority groups, aspects of urban design are often not sufficiently taken into account. Participation processes provide information about needs and requirements that are not sufficiently taken into account and can thus lead to greater acceptance of political processes and urban design. Creative cities - cities must be efficient and fair, a creative city must also be one that is committed to fostering creativity among its citizens and to providing emotionally satisfying places and experiences for them
Objectives defined	new perspectives and qualities for urban development with regard to gender equality and space for experimentation and possibilities of appropriation for diverse uses sustainability for projects through participatory processes
Metrics used	Till now we did not work with metrics
Diversity dimension and findings	the work should enable and improve the participation of the diverse residents of potsdam and other cities
Result summary
Input for DivAirCity and action items	integration of creative strategies, space for appropriation (areas)