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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

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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

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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

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Site-writing as spatial practice

“Space is not a static

slice orthagonal to

time, it has time/times

within it” Doreen

Massey

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Barangaroo Headland, Sydney

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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

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1820s

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c1925

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A Headland Redrawn

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The ‘Hungry Mile’

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Pre 1961 finger wharves

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Post-war immigration

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Living heritage: generations of families on the waterfront

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Arrivals and Departures Welcome Celebrations, The Cutaway

October 2015

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Arrivals and Departures Welcome Celebrations, The Cutaway

October 2015

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Arrivals and Departures Welcome Celebrations, The Cutaway

October 2015

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Thank you

Sarah Barns

@sarahbarns

[email protected]

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