Learning in motion
Auricle is a prototype, which means we’re experimenting with ways to shift from city-driven data collection to community-driven storytelling & sense-making. In 2021, we tested Auricle in Edmonton’s Alberta Avenue neighbourhood. In 2023, Auricle is moving to transit. We’ll be at stations, riding LRT, and on busses across Edmonton!
Through Auricle, we initiate conversations and record everyday stories from city residents. We’re interested in the many ways people seek and find wellbeing -- maybe it’s through a daily ritual, playing on a dodgeball team, learning an ancestral language, observing changes in the seasons, practicing a faith, calling a friend, sharing meals, saying ‘hi’ to a stranger, or anything else. We also want to explore how transit helps or hinders these connections. To put it simply, we want to know how people are well, not just if they are well.
Not “How well you are”, but “
How you are well”
Our hope is that by better understanding what wellbeing looks and feels like to people, by listening with care and reverence, and by sharing stories back to the community, we can:
1. strengthen local relationships and local ownership over data
2. spark richer public conversations, and
3. enable communities to better direct resources and supports.
All the data we collected on one page. See what trends and insights you might discover.
We designed a storybook to feature a beautiful selection of stories from our database.
Take a look at the tool we used to collect stories with in Alberta Ave.
All the data we collected on one page. See what trends and insights you might discover.
We created storybook to feature a beautiful selection of stories from our database.
Take a look at the tool we used to collect stories around three transit stations. Interested in still sharing a story? Follow the prompts to share your experience.
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