Author: Holly Doron
Stories of Place as compost and social imagination practice
Lab team member Holly reflects on a year of Stories of Place and the emergence of social imagination practice.
CoLab Dudley team
Author: Holly Doron
“So, what’s your PhD about?”
In the first year of their practice based PhD with CoLab Dudley and Birmingham School of Architecture and Design, Holly considers how to develop an explanation of their research that sparks, not kills, curiosity and conversation.
Author: Holly Doron
Stories of Place as Regenerative Design Practice
What if we connected with stories of place from past, present and future to collectively dream of regenerative futures, and make these futures more tangible in the present? Holly shares ways that this question is being lived through Stories of Place.
Author: Jo Orchard-Webb
Principles-Focused Evaluation is at the HEART of how we make sense of change
Because HOW we do not just WHAT we do matters
Author: Jo Orchard-Webb
An introduction to CoLab Dudley’s approach to Imagination Infrastructuring
“There is a big need for new forms of imaginative practice.” Hilary Cottam: Radical Way, 2021
Author: Holly Doron
Co-creation of Stories of Place
Situating street detectorism in deep time led to the development of a collective archive and a rhythm of people gathering to explore and generate Stories of Place.
Author: Jo Orchard-Webb
Sensing place: shared sensemaking — Insights from Do Fest 2021 Time Rebel High Street experiments
“What questions does this raise about different forms of knowledge? … [Imagination] Infrastructure that seeks liberatory ends must bring…
Author: Holly Doron
Prototyping Street Detectorism
In summer 2021 a group of Time Rebels came together on Dudley High Street to prototype street detectorism. Holly shares learning from this live testing and what the next iterations will be.
Author: Jo Orchard-Webb
Time Rebels in practice
Notes from a shared enquiry by CoLab Dudley Time Rebels into what they are sensing and testing out in terms of what it means to be a…
Author: Holly Doron
Extinction Rebellion Architecture is coming to Dudley High Street!
Extracts from a brief and a reading list given to Birmingham City University Masters of Architecture students in advance of a learning collaboration with CoLab Dudley from September 2021 to April 2022.
Author: Holly Doron
Co.LAB #3.4 — New Green Network
Student Time Rebels Jamie, Maddison and Amy returned from a High Street of the future with memories of a new green network and a transformed, pedestrianised, and sustainable High Street, and stepping stones for moving towards it.
Author: Holly Doron
Co.LAB #3.3— Culture, Inclusivity and Colour
Student Time Rebels Kirren, Siddesh, Safiah and Yuanshun returned from a Dudley High Street of the future with memories of an inclusive street rich with culture and colour and showcased this future through social media posts.