6:00pm-9:00pm on Tuesday 24 March
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Mill Road Community Centre, Main Hall, 6 Hazell Street, CB1 2GN
Come and join us for a hands-on community mapping event led by urban scholar Dr Zhuozhang Li of the Department of Architecture, who is collaborating with the Mill Road History Society. Zhuozhang is a member of the Community Design Research Lab and the Cambridge Room. Using creative participatory mapping, we’re exploring what Mill Road means to the people who live, work and spend time here – and we invite you to join in.
Workshop: 6–7:45pm
During the workshop, you’ll fill out a short survey and help to map out the spaces, activities and social connections that shape everyday life on ‘your’ Mill Road. It’s a chance to share your perspective and see how it fits into the bigger picture. This information will build on earlier data collected during the Mill Road Winter Fair, and all contributions will be added to a large, evolving community map.
Talk: 8–9pm
After the workshop, Zhuozhang will give a talk about this creative mapping approach – how it helps to uncover the stories, networks and experiences that often go unseen. He’s interested in ‘knowledge co-production,’ where local voices help to shape how people and places co-create new ways of knowing and (re)imagining the city. The project also looks at how mapping can be a powerful, accessible tool for representation and social justice.
After the Festival, the final Community Map will be put on display at the Cambridge Room, and also shared online via the Cambridge Room, Capturing Cambridge and Mill Road History Society websites.
