Initial Research Links 1

What am I interested in??
- Atmosphere, abandoned places, geographical status, psychogeography, student Gentrification, Subtle things that change a place, Transit spaces: Where does one thing end, another begin

Reading:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2vZWoyPOH1ZcGZWNVpKQnJjTkE/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2vZWoyPOH1ZZFIwZGwycGxGQkU/view (read 154 - 162)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2vZWoyPOH1ZRnd1bzB0SVo3Zmc/view (read all)

Mark Auge - Non Places
Rachel Gannon - Varoom
Winogrand Photographer
Maps of expanding Cities
My Friend Red - Passing of time, human interaction

Collected theories 

Laura - psycho geography - wondering city on drugs

Jenny - withchcraft - how witches were perceived vs are now 

Ehrn - Reportage illustration - vs photography 

Study Task 1 - Idea Brainstorming

I initially started with the theme of Liminal spaces - looking a thresholds/ functionless spaces and their atmosphere/ eeriness - passers through, remnants left behind by people - their impression on the landscape/ a sense of what came before; the area between city/ countryside as a weird nothing space, passageways and underpasses - forgotten spaces 

However, through discussion this theme has massively expanded - I started to think about abandoned spaces and revival/ degeneration - the function of graffiti in this (commissioned vs raw graffiti); geographical hierarchy - moving through social constructs from centre to outskirts; degradation of landscapes and buildings, how this happens - failed constructs/ gentrification - students moving into poor areas and making them trendy; oppression of sub cultures through gentrification; how atmosphere determine geographical status - psychogeography and getting a feel for a place by walking through it - desire paths; nature and people vs design and angles - again going back to the area where city meets nature 

Right now I have a lot to work with and I’m not really sure where to start: I am most interested in abandoned spaces - their atmosphere and why people psychologically avoid them (pshychogeography - walking, getting a feel) /this idea of objects holding a history - presence in absence but it might be interesting to look at a broader social issue.