Digi-Mapping: Creative Placemaking with Psychogeography

Abstract

These Digi-Maps represent different areas of Wester Hailes. They demonstrate meanings shared by participants combined with their visual representations of their local area. The maps have been made interactive using Bare Conductive TouchBoards. When pictures drawn by participants are pressed, they trigger recordings of memories, sounds and feelings shared and constructed by the young participants. The area of Wester Hailes lies approximately 5 miles West of Edinburgh city centre. Built in the 1960’s this brutalist housing scheme has consistently suffered from high unemployment and crime. According to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (2020) Wester Hailes is classed as one of the most deprived areas of Scotland.