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Placemaking Workshops: Application of the PPS Method

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This article describes three cases of placemaking workshops conducted by the author in three different countries: Ukraine, Tunisia, and Poland, and against different cultural and political backgrounds. In each case, the application of placemaking methods encouraged public participation, showed the potential to facilitate the decision-making process, and helped resolve potential or existing conflicts while building confidence in democratic procedures and institutions. This research highlights the importance of the PPS method which helped to build a team of stakeholders sharing similar views, ones convinced that a positive change is possible and are ready to cooperate. Such attitudes are especially valuable in places where local democracy and participatory urban management is undeveloped.

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    The foundation with its seat in Kraków, deals with development based on natural and cultural values of places, as well as civic activity and co-responsibility in communities (http://www.mila.org.pl/). In placemaking projects, it collaborates on a permanent basis with the International Centre of Education of the Cracow University of Technology, and INTBAU Poland.

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    Its publication was accompanied by a conference, Turning Great Ideas into Great Public Spaces (Kraków, 1–2.10.2009), co-organized by PPS, Environmental Partnership, and Cracow University of Technology.

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    The workshops were run by: Barbara Kazior, Małgorzata Łuszczek, and Anna Jarzębska from the MiLA Foundation of Active People and Places, Tomasz Jeleński from ICE CUT and INTBAU Poland, and Justin Hyatt, the Tunisian coordinator of the project.

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  1. Cracow University of Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Tomasz Jeleński

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  1. Dipartimento di Design, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Giuseppe Amoruso

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Jeleński, T. (2019). Placemaking Workshops: Application of the PPS Method. In: Amoruso, G., Salerno, R. (eds) Cultural Landscape in Practice. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering , vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11422-0_11

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