Symposium | Community Co-Creation
Where are spaces of encounters in our communities? Are these spaces similar in rural and urban areas or do they even exist in our local environment?
We welcome you at the library in Grófin after an exploration journey around Iceland that included stops in libraries, museums, cultural centers, and artist residencies in urban and rural regions. At the symposium you will get to know the partners and their experiences in the project Community Co-Creation, where they explored the possible impact of art methods in working with immigrant communities.
14:00-15:00 - Co-Creation in Public Spaces
Aija Burdikova I Muncipal Library of Akureyri I Akureyri
Elísa Elíasdóttir I The Library of Rangæinga I Hvolsvöllur
Vaida Bražiūnaitė I The Museum of Everyday Life I Ísafjörður
Hannah Rós Sigurðardóttir Tobin I The Museum of Everyday Life I Ísafjörður
Lara Hoffmann and Anna Wojtyńska, project managers from the University of Iceland and researchers of the project Community Co-Creation, present findings from the exploration journey around Iceland´s cultural spaces.
15:00 - 16:00 Transforming a Space into a Place - Placemaking
Jesper Koefoed-Melson from Vidalocal in Denmark introduces his placemaking method – a co-creative process with communities to transform spaces into places for people. Jesper will go into the different phases of the placemaking to give us an idea of how to build sustainable cities through community. One example of being the Kulturdistriktet – that is a vision, an urban area and an organization that creates art and cultural experiences in Copenhagen.
This symposium is a unique opportunity to reflect and re-evaluate the purposes and usage of public spaces like libraries, museums, cultural centers, and artist residencies in urban and rural regions. How can cultural institutions in the context of mobility and migration become spaces of encounters especially in some rural areas where there is a lack of meeting spaces?
All welcome, no participation fee.
Partners contributing to the exchange at Reykjavík City Library
Amtsbókasafn Akureyri
Blábankinn á Þingeyri
Bókasafn Héraðsbúa - Egilsstaðir
Bókasafn Húsavíkur
Bókasafn Ísafjarðar
Héraðsbókasafn Rangæinga - Hvolsvöllur
Hversdagssafn á Ísafirði
Westfjord Residency - Þingeyri
Sláturhúsið á Egilsstöðum
The project is conducted in collaboration with the University of Iceland and is supported by Bókasafnasjóður and Byggðarannsóknasjóður.
Further information on the symposium and the project Community Co-Creation
Lara Hoffmann
Project manager and researcher
laraw@hi.is