Imagineering Urban Spaces in Waterfronts

Research Showcase

Bilbao, OcioGune 2013

IMAGINEERING URBAN SPACES IN WATERFRONTS.

TOWARDS A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF CULTURAL

HERITAGE AND VALUABLE LEISURE IN BILBAO, BARCELONA & NEW YORK.

BILBAO

Universidad de

Deusto

Institute of Leisure Studies

BARCELONA

Universitat Ramón

Llull

Physical Activity and

Sport Sciences Research Group

NEW YORK

Fordham University

Urban Studies

Department

PARTNERS

RESEARCH’S OBJECTIVES

Analyzing the emerging tendencies related to the urbanization,

experience and management of public spaces in metropolitan

waterfronts

Leisure Studies

Sciences of the Physic

Activity and Sport

Urban Studies

THROUGH

WATERFRONTS & LEISURE STUDIES

Social Participation

Citizen’s participation in

the construction and transmission of public space

Mapping the urban commons

through collaborative

tools

Innovative Uses

New uses of the public space in the waterfronts,

resignifying citizen’s

experience

Rights to Leisure & City

Right to leisure and respect for

values such us diversity,

inclusion and accesibility

City image creation

City branding: Relationship between urban renewal and image creation

Community participation and artistic interventions into public spaces

METHODOLOGY

PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3

Discourse analysis

Etnographical and topographical tools

Expert panels Focus groups and interviews

Identify audiovisual official and critical discourses

Map the area, codifying spaces by uses, circulation and services

Identify and register practices in regenerated urban spaces

Interaction with practitioners to extract information about their activity

Encounters with urban planners of the three cities

Focus groups with politicians, artists, mediators and citizen platforms…

Imagineering Urban Spaces in Waterfronts

Research Showcase

Bilbao, OcioGune 2013