1. Culturability II Pori 2 March 2017 Maunu Häyrynen, University of Turku
Cultural Planning Approach to Finnish Residential Areas: The Case of Eastern Pori Suburbs
Culturability II
Pori 2 March 2017
Maunu Häyrynen, University of Turku

2. Pori Midsize Finnish town with 84.000 inhabitants
Regional centre and port with industrial past and present, investing in university education
Strategic and city planning centrally led, public discussion traditionally scant beyond mandatory participation
Pori Jazz and other mass events dominate cultural scene, yet strong institutions (Pori Art Museum) and lively grassroots culture

3. Setting the stage: Pori

4. Eastern Pori suburbs Home for ca 10.000 residents
Scattered urban structure, high-rise suburbs / detached house areas
High-rise suburbs built in waves in 1970s, triggered by expansion of local industry & unrealistic growth scenarios
Location amidst fields outside built city area, bad connections & lack of services at first
Residents partly from demolished timber houses in the centre, partly from East & North Finland
Social problems & bad press replaced initial optimism
1990s depression: permanent high level of unemployment
Now rapidly ageing population with small incomes

5. Sampola suburb: 46% retired people

6. Methods Both qualitative and quantitative
Statistical study of segregation in Pori
Traditional query, families with children
E-queries with PGIS (eHarava: low response)
Interviews (retired people), walking interviews (younger ones), participatory observation
Study of media materials & internet sources History, inventory of architecture & public art
Actor mapping, interviews of key informants
Engaged art workshops

7. PGIS

8. Workshops

9. Culture of Culture Mapping
Everyday culture especially for the ageing: social networks, local activities, library (little financial input from the city, compared with centre)
Contacts and activities also in the centre, access?
Institutional culture as part of the scope
Artist group T.E.H.D.A.S., viewed positively by residents and keen on engaged art
”Hidden heritage”: valuated built heritage vaguely known by residents
Public art: indifference or local pride
New art forms: Curiosity

10. Raili & Reima Pietilä 1984

13. Artists: Sandis Kondrats, Anne Roininen & Anna Turunen

14. New partnerships

15. Main results Mapping and action plan, no strategic choices
Limited participation, small active group
Cultural dominance of elderly generations
Social tensions between age groups
General contentness with area and environment
Criticism of public services and maintenance, housing condition and ”greyness”, worries about future
Mutual interest in artist-community partnership, initiatives for new activities
Radio station building & surrounding park as a ”hub”

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