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Digital Commons: An interdisciplinary case study of home during the pandemic

Dr Bee Farrell and Dr Ambrose Gillick

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Flats in Dalby Square

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Queen’s School, Dalby Square, 1928.

Cliftonville Lido, 1950s.

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Dalby Square

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Dalby Square – Connections and Barriers

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Dalby Square – Connections and Barriers

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Dalby Square – Yuk!

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Flats in Dalby Square

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Dalby Square – Habitus of the Gentry

Speaking before the launch, its owner said the two-year restoration project in Margate has helped “gentrify an area in need of restoration”. […] Will Jenkins, 37, formerly of London, has spent the last two years “bringing back to life” the former Dalby Rooms.

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Margate House hotel has helped ‘gentrify’ Dalby Square in Cliftonville, says developer

Kent Online, 25 May 2023, kentonline.co.uk

Richard Florida FTW!

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Timeline

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Workshop 1/ October 2021

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Workshop 2/ December 2021

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Green and blue spaces/ Health 1

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Networks and Gatekeepers 1

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Transience and Precarity 1

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Digital Commons: An interdisciplinary case study of home during the pandemic

QUESTIONS

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  1. Is the idea of a new digital commons a meaningful proposal, under conditions of crisis and duress, and in conditions of extreme marginalisation?

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  • How are digital and physical commons used by coexisting urban communities and what are the barriers to inclusion?

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  • How can future emergency commons policy be sensitized to lived realities of marginalised communities?

Dr Bee Farrell and Dr Ambrose Gillick