Markowski, Marianne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-3168, Tennison, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-3168, Vseteckova, Jitka and Markowski, Arja (2025) Sustainable City Stories: a short film reflecting on sustainability in Woolwich, London as observed walking by an intergenerational group of residents. Sociological Research Online. ISSN 1360-7804 (Online) (In Press)

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Abstract

This short film is an artistic response to the collected observations and narratives from an intergenerational walking activity with residents in Woolwich, and for which Ms Tennison and Dr Markowski received pilot funding from the University of Greenwich. This artistic response, using authentic contributions by participants’ theatre, artistically augmented by Ms Tennison, a theatre maker, aims to be considered as ‘a celebration of Woolwich’, i.e. a place that participants cherished to be part of, despite a lack of green spaces and nature and ailing infrastructure. The original voice recordings in the film reflect the strong ‘sense of belonging’ that this project captured from the participants who did not know each other prior the project. The project’s outputs (including this video) shows that Woolwich is a place where sustainability is treasured because participants felt safe and connected to Woolwich, and even more so after this participatory project. This film has been shared with local community organisations, so it could be used to strengthen discussions on and subsequent actions for sustainability.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	participatory, walking, intergenerational, sustainability, psychogeography
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Exercise Activity and Rehabilitation Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Health Sciences (HEA)
Last Modified:	09 May 2025 07:25
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50352

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