Citizen, Explorer, Gamer

Think about when you experience a place in a transient way (for example
as a commuter or an out-of-town student). When you don’t
actually inhabit a place, you’re often uninterested in its future. This
happens especially when a place is just a stopover or has a bad reputation
in the urban fabric. In short, when that place is not “home.”
Still, it is important to care for places, particularly when they
have issues. It is essential to know their story and explore their
possible futures, see ordinary things with new eyes, and better
understand the social, economic, and political issues within these
neighborhoods.
Moreover, it is important to do something, participate, and feel
that the future of these places is also in your hands.
We can explore them beyond simply passing through and start
living a more participatory life in unfamiliar urban environments.
We can build up a sort of “pedestrian enunciation,” an art of doing
that addresses and gives new meanings to residual spaces when
crossing them, sometimes even against the established logic of the
city. Moreover, this approach can also be extended to people who
actually reside in these locations, to stimulate a deeper and more
conscious involvement in the future of places in their hometown.