Detectorism is our made up practice of noticing with care and sensing in place. It involves zooming in, and zooming out, paying attention to patterns, connections, and small shifts. Detectorism invites us to share what we notice, and weave it together with what others are seeing too. Detectorism is grounded in a simple understanding: that learning, imagination, and action are not separate. Below are Lab Notes, reflections and stories which track the evolution of our detectorism practices.
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.
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.
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“What questions does this raise about different forms of knowledge? … [Imagination] Infrastructure that seeks liberatory ends must bring…
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.
CoLab Dudley team members Holly and Jo pool together different methods, tools and experiences to inform thinking about what street detectorism could be - as an invitation to use all our senses to discover how people move, act, interact, socialise, and respond to Dudley High Street.