Thank you so much Paul @UGuests it's been amazing to follow your thinking, insights, research and history on placemaking today.

This is @Grace_Quantock and I'm delighted to take up the baton for the final relay on the #DigitalPlacemaking fellows Twitter takeover #GoodAfternoonDearOnes
Today, I wish us courage tempered with compassion. We can get drunk on courage when bravery tips into bravado. May our strength be consort with softness, as needed. Onwards, together.

(I start each day @Grace_Quantock w/ a blessing, so I'm offering this)

On my Fellowship, I've been asking whether science-fiction storytelling and Augmented Reality (AR) can inspire people to imagine preferable, more inclusive futures for their places together? Can interactive performance methods engage a wider range of people in discussing plans for their neighbourhoods, and are these conversations more effective in the sites that are being developed?

Taking up the Tweeting baton from @shawnsobers. As he was DJing yesterday, thought I’d start with a morning music suggestion, something appropriately sci-fi from Patten, which he recorded during lockdown: Early in my research, I was reading Patten's publication, 3049, which accompanied an exhibition at London’s Tenderpixel. They say, 'It sets the stage for a non-dystopic reimagining of a positive collective future, asking; "how do we make it to 3049?": issuu.com/555-5555/docs/…

Greetings! This is @shawnsobers picking up the reigns from @tim_lytc for this Twitter Takeover for the Digital Placemaking research project. Tim gave us lots to think about, and I hope I can do this justice and post some interesting stuff for the rest of the afternoon. First.... a song. This came out in 1982, and was one of the first songs with a social commentary that I really took notice of. I'll explain more after you have a listen....enjoy!

Hello world! It’s @tim_lytc checking in for the morning. I’m a NEW TALENT Fellow on the programme. I’m a Queer dance creative working across theatre, film and creative tech. My work is centred on advocating for gender, health, race and Queer issues. My #digitalplacemaking research looks at the potentials of combining #Dance & Movement with #CreativeTechnology to create safer spaces for #Queer folks. Check out my page for a little taste of what I've done✨

bristolbathcreative.org/fellows/tim-lo

.@rose_kala_dias here wrapping up. I wanted to mention RESEARCH. it can be a scary word right? BUT this programme has changed how I feel. I've been able to follow my gut + ask questions to elicit 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 My #digitalplacemaking research= qualitative data on the themes + 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 at play in creating digital spaces which centre care for bipoc... It is more than stories and data though, it is a connected web of relationships developing a momentum around these ideas

If you've just tuned in, it's @rose_kala_dias on a takeover hype (first time, can you tell!? #takeupspace)... here is a thread of some of the spaces/places/thinkers/artists/collectives that have been inspiring me in my #digitalplacemaking #spacesofcare thinking...

https://twitter.com/uzumakigallery/status/1269776006144876545

@rose_kala_dias There's A LOT of amazing work out there facilitating radical ideas into action - linking rest, care, social justice, collective and individual practices, also just on EXISTING for those experiencing marginalisation, including #BlackPowerNaps / @TheNapMinistry / @thellpsx ❤️

Hey everyone! I’m Roseanna Dias an Inclusion Fellow on the @Bristol_BathRD programme. I’m a freelance creative producer, curator and facilitator interested in creativity and social change. I focus on co-design in film, media, digital tech and supporting young/bipoc/creatives I'm taking over this feed on this fine drizzly weds, speaking about my #digitalplacemaking research. Check out a little written intro to my work about what it means to put care at the heart of dp processes... bristolbathcreative.org/article/spaces…

Reframing Digital Placemaking - A recorded conversation between the Fellows and @ProffJon. Reflecting on the ideas and themes to emerge from their work exploring the relationship between physical and digital places. bristolbathcreative.org/article/refram…
✍️@garyembury
📽️@Jon_Aitken 1/6 An introduction to the Digital Placemaking Pathfinder and Fellows - introducing their work and what they've been up to during their time with us.

As the Expanded Performance Pathfinder reaches it's mid point we thought you'd like to know what the Fellows have been up to! From embracing the new normal to questioning the future of togetherness, read more about their research here: bristolbathcreative.org/articles 📸@EllieChads @HarrySilverlock talks about connection in a COVID world and how his research for the programme has changed to adapt to the 'new normal'. bristolbathcreative.org/article/redefi…
For more reflections you can listen to his podcast here: harrysilverlock.com/expanded-perfo…

The Digital Placemaking fellows are learning all things zine making with the brilliant @lilytgreen In the first writing exercise we completed the sentences:
Digital Placemaking isn’t just...
Digital Placemaking is...

What does liveness and togetherness mean in the current context? Producer @rachaelkburton shares some of our thinking as we begin the #ExpandedPerformance workshops, with brilliant illustrations by @Jazzaa_ bristolbathcreative.org/article/what-d… We asked @Jazzaa_ to illustrate some of the fellows and partners are their questions, her work is incredible and you can see her art in full here: bristolbathcreative.org/assets/uploads…

Drum roll please...meet our new and brilliant Expanded Performance cohort. They will be exploring the concept of liveness and togetherness in the context of innovations in technology across the live music and theatre sectors (thread). Read full biogs here: bit.ly/ExPerform First up we have our Fellows: @CleoDanceBaton will be exploring empathy, understanding, identity and healing looking at how to create stories and immersive inclusion amongst the isolated.

Digital Placemaking Fellow @StephenHilton is chairing tonight’s event exploring the risks and rewards of digital technology in our cities

https://twitter.com/ArchCentre/status/1233100718392868867

Stephen asks us to imagine a localised internet, where we might engage in the culture of our cities...saying ‘hey Bristol’ or ‘hey Bath’ rather than ‘hey Siri’

We’re delighted to announce the funded prototypes for Digital Placemaking: ⁦@landmrk⁩ & ⁦@CrackMagazine⁩ with Everything is Music | ⁦@City_ID⁩ & ⁦@calvium⁩ with PopMap | ⁦@josephwilk⁩ & team with ⁦@stupid_cities⁩ bristolbathcreative.org/digital-placem… Today we bring the whole Digital Placemaking network together to learn more about each other. First up presenting their project {Everything is Music} are @landmrk & @CrackMagazine delivering dynamic journeys with “Geo-tagged music, blended realms & scattered threads”.

Interested in making an R&D prototype exploring Digital Placemaking for Bristol and Bath? We have just opened applications for investment of up to £100k. Full details: bristolbathcreative.org/take-part We believe the best examples of digital placemaking are co-designed by different kinds of communities, using digital tech and creative solutions to improve the way we experience place. This brief has been co-designed with a cohort of brilliant fellows and industry partners.

We've been busy over the summer welcoming eight Digital Placemaking fellows, three industry partners and mapping out the existing landscape of work in the field. Read more here: bristolbathcreative.org/article/welcom… We co-created a list of interesting companies, projects, theories and reading around Digital Placemaking. It's incomplete but we wanted to share it now to widen out the conversation. What's missing? docs.google.com/document/d/1ht…