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Codesigning a Physical Thirdspace in a Digital Setting for a Reimagined Community
Author Info
Mauk, Karen Rebecca
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8586-2261
Permalink:
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1618943969673569
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2021, Master of Fine Arts, Miami University, Art.
Abstract
This research project examined values related to interaction, inclusion, and belonging shared among the people of Traverse City, Michigan. It integrated experience design and critical geography, a critical theory-based framework. Three major themes emerged from this project: transformative placemaking, thirdspace, and codesign. These themes provide insights and practical ways for communities to expand access through tactical and creative actions. First, this project focused on the transformative power of placemaking as both an ideology and a practice. Second, the concept of thirdspace exemplifies how placemaking can transform communities by empowering people to work together toward collective wellbeing. Third, codesign puts the power to design in the hands of a project's stakeholders to shape their own experience. This project's mixed-methods approach answered the primary research question, "What kind of thirdspace design would be meaningful and relevant for residents of and returning visitors to the Traverse City, Michigan, region in a way that facilitates belonging?" Findings are discussed in six thematic groupings, which directly informed the design intervention-the Make a Thirdspace toolkit that stakeholders may use to codesign their own thirdspace. This project invites future investigations into the values and needs that drive communities to reimagine themselves through equitable and revitalizing partnerships.
Committee
Zack Tucker (Advisor)
Dennis Cheatham (Committee Member)
Jim Porter (Committee Member)
Pages
85 p.
Subject Headings
Architectural
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Architecture
;
Design
;
Geography
Keywords
codesign
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thirdspace
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transformative placemaking
;
participatory design
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community building
;
belonging
;
access
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Mauk, K. R. (2021).
Codesigning a Physical Thirdspace in a Digital Setting for a Reimagined Community
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1618943969673569
APA Style (7th edition)
Mauk, Karen.
Codesigning a Physical Thirdspace in a Digital Setting for a Reimagined Community.
2021. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1618943969673569.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Mauk, Karen. "Codesigning a Physical Thirdspace in a Digital Setting for a Reimagined Community." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1618943969673569
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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