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Phil Jones, Cultural Geographer. Interested in mobility, urban regeneration, creative economy How is the process of transforming a city managed and delivered? What role does culture play in driving urban change?
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Phil Jones, Cultural Geographer • Interested in mobility, urban regeneration, creative economy • How is the process of transforming a city managed and delivered? • What role does culture play in driving urban change? • How are people’s embodied relationships with urban spaceshaped by memories & senses?
MapLocal Project • £40k pilot project • Smartphone app used by community groups • Recording audio clips, photographs • Automatically tagged with GPS • Crowdsourcing the community’s multiple understandings of their neighbourhood
Cultural intermediation project • £1.5m AHRC, examining creative economy in Birmingham and Greater Manchester • Community engagement in arts practices • Commissioning new art works • Creating large touchtable app to publicly display research findings