6th ETNOFILm Festival | Urban Photography Workshop with David Kendall
Tuesday, Apr 22, 20144 PM — Friday, Apr 25, 20141 AMEDT
| Rovinj, Croatia
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Tourism, Architectural Development, Visual and Cultural Perceptions of Land Use along Adriatic Coastlines - Photography Workshop with David Kendall 6th ETNOFILm Festival | Multimedia Center (MMC) | Rovinj, Croatia | 22 – 24 April, 2014 This sixth edition of the ETNOFILm – Festival of Ethnographic Film is organized by the Ethnographic Museum of Istria and will host David Kendall as a workshop leader. His photography and research explore how spatial, economic and design initiatives, as well as participatory practices, combine to encourage social and spatial interconnections or conflict in cities. He designs advocacy projects, conducts qualitative research, spatial engagement and consultation strategies and implements media campaigns. Kendall is a visiting research fellow within the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Tourism and architectural development are embedded in the physical and social geography of the Istrian peninsula, influencing contemporary visual identities and cultural perceptions of land use in the region. Therefore if tourism is promoted as a central strategy for economic growth in Croatia, what complex and contradictory spatial effects and social considerations may manifest within built environments? How does foreign direct investment in new real estate markets and construction of new upmarket resort architecture enhance privatisation of Adriatic coastal topography? In addition how may these locations contrast with the controlled density, site and composition of existing architecture and recreational zones built during the era of the Yugoslavian republics? Consequently how is global tourism affecting physical environments and local culture along regional coastlines, and for whom does structural development exist? This three-day workshop will utilise digital photography and participatory research methods to explore these questions / themes within the urban landscape of Rovinj. Participants will be introduced to practical, theoretical, aesthetic and ethical considerations that surround visual practice and urban research. Also group activities and discussions will consider how visual narratives could link local specificities, environmental concerns, spatial planning and sustainable development within global debates about tourism. Furthermore individuals will investigate established spatial codes, leisure / cultural activities, social routines and encounters between people and architecture with photography. Therefore identifying relationships between ocular identity, economic activity, social investment in tourism and urbanisation in Rovinj and on the Istrian peninsula. Further information and registration: http://www.etnofilm.com/en/photography-workshop-with-david-kendall/
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