Hidden Stories Map: Glasgow Doors Open Day
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Hidden Stories Map, Glasgow
7 Sep 2020
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Design: Hoskins Architects
Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival Project by Hoskins Architects
For this year?s Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival (GDODF) Hoskins Architects brought together a range of collaborators to work together in response to recent global events and produce a beautifully illustrated, educational and accessible digital walking tour, aimed at young people.
image © Stuart Kerr
Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival is a brilliant, eclectic celebration of the city we love, and in which we live and work. This year, festival organisers, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, have overcome the obstacles COVID-19 presented by making their event entirely accessible online, with the timely theme of Untold Stories. Rani Lakshmi:
image © Stuart Kerr
During lockdown, we witnessed worldwide protests in the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd, which led to a global debate on how society addresses structural racism. Part of that debate has focussed on how we think about the statues and street names historically connected to slavery and racist ideology. During the late 17th century notions of racial superiority were developed and even codified into law, in order to justify the enslavement of African people.
Duke of Wellington with the traffic cone:
image © Stuart Kerr
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