Caminante, No Hay Camino, Se Hace Camino al Andar: On a Creative Research Project in Urban Planning

Laurent Matthey, Simon Gaberell, Alice Chenais, Jade Rudler, Aude Seigne, Anne-Sophie Subilia, Daniel Vuataz and Matthieu Ruf
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Laurent Matthey: Department of Geography and Environment, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Simon Gaberell: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland
Alice Chenais: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland
Jade Rudler: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland
Aude Seigne: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland
Anne-Sophie Subilia: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland
Daniel Vuataz: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland
Matthieu Ruf: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland

Social Inclusion, 2023, vol. 11, issue 3, 175-185

Abstract: This article looks back at a creative research project conducted in Geneva, Switzerland, which, by experimenting between art and science, sought to understand how citizen narratives can participate in the making of an urban plan. The approach presented here brought together geographers, architects, and novelists. Citizen narratives produced at writing workshops imagined the city of the future in ways that significantly contrasted with visions gathered from events organised by public authorities. These narratives were taken up by the novelists, who helped produce a piece of fiction containing the power to reveal the qualities of the present. This piece has since become a novel. By discovering what their future city could be, participants in this project were led to identify the places that should be preserved. Their narratives thus helped identify an ordinary heritage that could be included in an urban planning document. This reflective look at a project that gradually took shape could be useful to anyone wishing to conduct creative research in urban planning, particularly from the perspective of a more inclusive city.

Keywords: art; creative research; fiction; inclusion; inclusive city; narrative; urban planning; urban policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.17645/si.v11i3.6798

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