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Ethnography & urban designUnderstanding space, territoriality and conflict in East Belfast

Will Norman

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Site

East BelfastShort Strand

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Our approach

• Expert workshop• Community leaders• Resident workshops• Ethnography• Photo diaries

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Symbolism

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Understanding the brand

“Protestant men worked there during the day, catholic women cleaned it at night” • Sirocco and the troubles• Decline of quality industry

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Territory and mobility

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Learning from neutral space

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So what?

• Current use of site• Brand and name• Multiple use• Type of buildings

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So what?

• Link to City Centre• Supermarket entrance• Pepper social housing• Marching routes• Family homes• Embedding community into the design

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We undertake research to identify and understand unmet social needs and then develop practical initiatives and institutions to address them – in fields as diverse as health and education, housing and cities. Our work combines research, applied work and practical action.

For more information go to: youngfoundation.org