SMOTIES – Creative works with small and remote places.
WHY
We believe in transforming remote places into more liveable spaces by involving local residents in the development of cultural and creative activities.
WHAT
Human Cities is a platform of interdisciplinary exchange, founded in 2006. It is examining the livability of public spaces by using participatory design as a tool to facilitate systems of process and innovation. The Human Cities platform will apply its approach to 10 small and remote European places that are affected by strong rural depopulation. These places are depositories of material and immaterial culture at risk to be undervalued, not consolidated or handed down, and hence lost. This new Human Cities project is called SMOTIES — Creative works with small and remote places.
WHO
The SMOTIES partners network includes public institutions, design centres, creative agencies, national associations and research centres, located in 10 European cities. These places have been chosen for their particularity of location, cultural uniqueness, development potential and role as consolidators in their creative sectors.
MILANO – ITALY
Politecnico di Milano, Design Department
CIESZYN – POLAND
Zamek Cieszyn
GRAZ – AUSTRIA
FH JOANNEUM, University of Applied Sciences (FHJ)
LJUBLJANA – SLOVENIA
Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS)
LONDON – UK
Clear Village Trustee Limited
SAINT-ETIENNE – FRANCE
Cité du Design – Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design
TALLINN – ESTONIA
Estonian Association of Designers (EAD)
ERMOUPOLI – GREECE
University of the Aegean (UoA), Department of Product and
Systems Design Engineering
FUNCHAL – PORTUGAL
Universidade da Madeira (UMA), Art & Design Department
REYKJAVIK – ICELAND
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