Get to know your neighborhood (DHWB-09-EN)
This exercise is about curiously exploring the neighbourhood with your camera or smartphone. It doesn't matter if you have just arrived, or if you have been here for a while, or have lived here forever. It is all about curious attention and (re)discovering exciting and possibly new things.
Imagine, you arrived in a new city / country / neighbourhood. You need to get to know your new surroundings. Just grab your phone and stroll around in your new home. Take pictures of your new surroundings, figure out how your new neighbourhood looks like. Take your time and come back to meet the group and share your experiences. Create a map of your new home!
LessThis exercise is about curiously exploring the neighbourhood with your camera or smartphone. It doesn't matter if you have just arrived, or if you have been here for a while, or have lived here forever. It is all about curious attention and (re)discovering exciting and possibly new things.
Imagine, you arrived in a new city / country / neighbourhood. You need to get to know your new surroundings. Just grab your phone and stroll around in your new home. Take pictures of your new surroundings, figure out how your new neighbourhood looks like. Take your time and come back to meet the group and share your experiences. Create a map of your new home!
This exercise is about curiously exploring the neighbourhood with your camera or smartphone. It doesn't matter if you have just arrived, or if you have been here for a while, or have lived here forever. It is all about curious attention and (re)discovering exciting and possibly new things.
Imagine, you arrived in a new city / country / neighbourhood. You need to get to know your new surroundings. Just grab your phone and stroll around in your new home. Take pictures of your new surroundings, figure out how your new neighbourhood looks like. Take your time and come back to meet the group and share your experiences. Create a map of your new home!
- Focus on
- Open-mindedness
- Self-awareness
- Self-expression
- Type
- With guidance
- Self-study
- Group size
- Individuals
- up to 10 participants
- Duration
- 31- 60 min
- More than 60 min
- Settings
- Face-to-face
- Online
- Training field(s)
- Creativity Development
- Soft Skills
- Competence / skill
- Communication
- Ability to capture, grow and bring an idea to life
- Learning from experience / take up and integrate new knowledge
Title
Get to know your neighborhood
Method
Excursion is necessary. This can be done in group work or individually.
Materials
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A camera or even easier: your phone
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A printer and/or a photo shop where each participant can print out 5 photos
Preparation
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Everyone needs a phone / camera
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A printing possibility
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Optional, but worth it: a space where the photos can be exhibited publicly
Tips for implementation
Trainers: maybe it helps to do the exercise before as well. Try to get to know your neighbourhood, figure out what catches your “lens”, what is new / important / different etc. for you…
It would be interesting to offer an exhibition for the participants. So, they can share their photos (and therefore their “findings” publicly. So even visitors get a different point of view of their neighbourhood… and people get the chance to meet each other and discuss.
Learning outcomes
Through this method/action, these benefits are achieved:
- Getting to know your new neighbourhood
- See things differently
- Get in touch with people through your lens
- Try to catch what is important for you
Description in clear steps
Step 1:
- Take your phone (or take a camera) and go for a walk in your new neighbourhood. Allow yourself some time to stroll around and capture motives that inspire, scare, interest… you.
Step 2:
- Select your 5 preferred photos and print them out. Go back to the group and talk about your photos and experiences.
Step 3:
- These photos can be mounted on walls and a public exhibition could be organized – people get in touch, meet each other and learn from each other. Or create a map of your new home.
Contributor
Gudrun Wallenböck
Self-description of contributor and his/her offers
I am an architect and cultural manager. I run a non-profit art space in Vienna, where I try to connect different cultures through art. Art as a tool to create dialogue. I try to create exhibitions; I offer intercultural trainings as well as consultation for working internationally in the fields of art.
Art category
Photography, exhibition, discussion
Spoken language
English, German
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