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The dreaming city and the power of mass imagination

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: London Demos 2007Description: 237p. ill. 21cmISBN:
  • 9781841801865
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 711.52 $2 18
Partial contents:
The urban everyman -- The official future -- The power of story -- The stories: Design code for mass imagination -- A city of imagination -- The open city -- About Demos
Summary: Looks at the story of cities, told through experiences drawn from Glasgow and discusses how they are perceived now and how residents hope they will be transformed in the future. Contains the results of Glasgow 2020, an experiment in opening up the future of a city that relied upon the imaginations of residents to envisage how their city might exist in the future. The experiment engaged with participants through stories and storytelling and offers a different perspective to goverment planning documents.
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Book London Books 711.52 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30071204

The urban everyman -- The official future -- The power of story -- The stories: Design code for mass imagination -- A city of imagination -- The open city -- About Demos

Looks at the story of cities, told through experiences drawn from Glasgow and discusses how they are perceived now and how residents hope they will be transformed in the future. Contains the results of Glasgow 2020, an experiment in opening up the future of a city that relied upon the imaginations of residents to envisage how their city might exist in the future. The experiment engaged with participants through stories and storytelling and offers a different perspective to goverment planning documents.