At #PlacemakingWeekEurope, Commit2Green was part of a session called "Systemic Placemaking," which explored how important #placemaking is to the process of building resilience at the community level. Commit2Green enhances the role of nature in cities by aligning ecosystem service supply with local demand, informed through community engagement and district-level analysis. Thank you for inviting us to talk about how resilience and placemaking intersect, Placemaking Europe! Selene Angelone ICLEI Europe
Equally interesting threads heard in the exploration of systemic approaches through the lens of integrating cultural institutions into programmes for change in cities. 🍃 the constant reference to working in siloes 🍃 the hierarchy of status given to some fields of work rather than others - housing is more important than culture (without recognising that housing clearly plays a role in culture) 🍃 Cultural institutions haven't embraced that they can have a role in addressing challenges outside the preservation of culture or the promotion of emergent cultural art expressions. 🍃 Only those organisations with leadership that has a systemic understanding are trying to experiment with innovative joined up approaches 🍃 No allocation of budget for interconnected activities Outside of the session we had a discussion about whether:- 🍃 a commitment to funding learning about systems is needed inside both cultural and municipal entites 🍃 is a complimentary approach to organise visits to those integrated experiences that exist to gain a cellular experience of what happens when you join the dots 🍃 That our report for Joseph Rowntree Foundation earlier this year advocated the integration of cultural institutions - such as museums but also opera houses - in the process of systems evolution by funding them to host dialogues, discussion, events that create lighthouse and lighbulb moments With Ramon Marrades Ethan Kent Katherine A. Peinhardt Alessandra Sbriscia Fioretti Jeroen Laven Timo Hämäläinen Martin Adler
