Chris Brennan?Horley|Chris Gibson
Where is Creativity in the City? Integrating Qualitative and GIS Methods
University of Wollongong|University of Wollongong
paper discusses new blend methods developed answer question creativity city experimentation new methods required empirical shortcomings existing creative city research techniques also respond increasingly important questions nascent economic activities occur outside formal sector governmental spheres planning economic development policy response discuss qualitative methods used address concerns based experiences empirical project charged task documenting creative activity darwina small city australias tropical north diverse creative practitioners interviewed interactions cityand hardcopy maps used anchoring devices around spatially orientated interview questions results interviewmapping process accumulated analysed geographical information system gis digital maps produced method revealed patterns concentration imagined epicentres creativity darwin showed types sites spaces city imagined creative different ways qualitative mapping creativity enabled teasing contradictory divergent stories location creativity urban landscape opportunities methods present researchers interested economic activities lived workers situated social networks reproduced everyday material spaces city described