Post on 28-Jan-2018
Arrivals and Departures:Negotiating geographies of displacement at Barangaroo
Sydney, Australia
Dr. Sarah Barns
Urban Studies Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Western Sydney University
American Association of Geographers
Annual Conference
San Francisco, March 29 2016
Meaning of
placeWhat is the
meaning or
contribution of a
particular place – to
a city, to a person,
to an idea?
ArchivesPublic collections as
‘digital public
spaces’
The archive as an
active, experiential
platform.
Film, TV, sound,
image
Public spaceHow do we negotiate
access to the city?
The right to the city
Participatory place-
making
DigitalRelational possibilities
between informational
and physical places
Sound, spatial media,
responsive
environments
Sites of spatial practice
Site-writing as spatial practice
“Space is not a static
slice orthagonal to
time, it has time/times
within it” Doreen
Massey
Barangaroo Headland, Sydney
The city has been viewed as an arena for consumerism. Political and commercial expediency has shifted the emphasis of urban development from meeting the broad social needs of the community to meeting the circumscribed needs of individuals. The pursuit of this narrow objective has sapped the city of its vitality. Richard Rogers
1820s
c1925
A Headland Redrawn
The ‘Hungry Mile’
Pre 1961 finger wharves
Post-war immigration
Living heritage: generations of families on the waterfront
Arrivals and Departures Welcome Celebrations, The Cutaway
October 2015
Arrivals and Departures Welcome Celebrations, The Cutaway
October 2015
Arrivals and Departures Welcome Celebrations, The Cutaway
October 2015
Thank you
Sarah Barns
@sarahbarns
Barns.sarah@gmail.com
esemprojects.com