rediscovering the wealth of places: cultural mapping, community planning and economic development

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Rediscovering the Wealth of Places:Cultural Mapping, Community Planning and

Economic Development

Ontario Library Association Annual ConferenceFebruary 26, 2010

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Contents

Part One: Context and Concepts

Part Two: Core Tools and Practices

Part Three: Leading Practice – 7 chapters Mapping Community Identity and Place – Jeannette Hanna

A Wish List for Cultural Resource Mapping – David Brown

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Creative Cities

“Places where you can think,

plan and act with imagination”

Cultural planning =• Cultural resources • Cultural mapping • Unique identity • Quality of place

The Creative City:

Toolkits for Urban Innovators

Charles Landry (2000)

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Cultural Mapping Toolkit Creative Cities Network of Canada

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Cultural Planning Toolkit Creative Cities Network of Canada

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City of Toronto – Martin Prosperity Institute

‘Mapping the intersection of Culture, Economy, and Place’

http://placingcreativity.org

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Municipal Cultural Planning

Then…

Planning for cultural programs

Then…

Planning for cultural programs

Now…

Integrating culture intoplanning across

departments

Now…

Integrating culture intoplanning across

departments

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Cultural Mapping

Resource Mapping

‘Things’ Identity Mapping

‘Stories’

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Provincial Cultural Mapping Directions

1. Inter-ministerial working group on creative (cultural) industry definitions and data frameworks

2. OMAFRA Creative Economy Tools

3. Municipal Cultural Planning Inc. Cultural Mapping Guidelines

Guidelines for consolidating data

Guidelines for building policy/planning connections

4. Creative Economy Strategies

Eastern Ontario, Southwestern Ontario, Durham Region

Millier Blair Dickinson, AuthentiCity, Martin Prosperity Institute

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Cultural ResourcesCultural

Resources

Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage

Natural HeritageNatural Heritage

Festivals and EventsFestivals

and EventsFacilities

and SpacesFacilities

and Spaces

Community Cultural

Organizations

Community Cultural

Organizations

Creative Cultural

Industries

Creative Cultural

Industries

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Durham Cultural Resources

Creative Cultural Industries 870

Community Cultural Organizations 30

Festivals and Events 166

Spaces and Facilities 150

Cultural Heritage 600

Natural Heritage 60

Total 1876

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Region of Durham Cultural Resources

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Local Municipality Cultural Resources

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Creative Cultural Industries

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20212325

293637

4854

62128

144162

194272

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Pottery & CeramicsPay and Specialty

Libraries & ArchivesRadio and TelevisionSoftware Publishers

Art DealersInternet Publishing

Museums &Book Stores

Music StoresSound RecordingPerforming Arts

ArchitectureMedia Reproduction

PhotographyAntiques

Publishing IndustriesIndependent Artists,

PrintingMotion Pictures and

AdvertisingDesign

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Growth / Decline 2003-2006

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PrintingAntiques

Book StoresArchitecture

Performing ArtsMusic StoresPhotography

Media Reproduction & WholesaleAdvertisingArt Dealers

Museums & Heritage SitesPottery & Ceramics

Software PublishersPay and Specialty Television

Libraries & ArchivesRadio and Television

Sound RecordingPublishing Industries

Independent Artists, Writers & PerformersInternet Publishing

Motion Pictures and Video IndustriesDesign

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% of Businesses in Creative Cultural Industries

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1876 Cultural Resources

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The Power of Stories

‘To fix the economy, tell the right stories … economic confidence is driven by narratives.

We need more plausible ones.

Such narratives, especially when fuelled by accessible human-interest stories, are the

thought viruses whose contagion drives the economy’

Robert Shiller

“To fix the economy use new stories”

Globe and Mail