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Papers by Samantha Hyler

Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-developme... more Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-development project called H+, aiming to convert the southern industrial harbor space into a new, livable urban neighborhood and city center. The winning plan for the H+ project, titled ‘The Tolerant City, ’ is an inherently social redevelopment that requires innovative and col-laborative strategies, as well as a strong focus on social sustainability, to achieve. As a cul-tural analyst working with the City of Helsingborg (Helsingborgs stad) and the H+ Project, my role has been to mediate information between planners and citizens, focusing the pro-ject’s visions towards existing communities and their values. This thesis develops how eth-nographic research and cultural mapping engages with and revitalizes city planning to enable the development of a ‘tolerant city, ’ essentially a process of place-making the southern har-bor. Cultural mapping translates ethnographic data into usable maps for city ...

Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, initiated a long-term redevelopment project calle... more Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, initiated a long-term redevelopment project called H+ in 2009, aiming to convert industrial harbor space in the city's south into a new, livable urban neighborhood and city center. The project aims to create an open and ‘tolerant city’ in Helsingborg over the next twenty years. In 2010-2011, H+ used an open-source planning method as a strategy to incorporate multiple working methods and ideas into the planning process. As a cultural analyst, my role with the H+ project and the City of Helsingborg was to mediate social and cultural perspectives and development strategies between planners and citizens. Focusing the project’s vision towards incorporating existing communities and their values, I applied an ethnographic method to culturally map Helsingborg’s social cityscapes. Cultural mapping integrates social and physical places into one map. It is a useful methodological tool in accessing ‘cultural’ knowledge, translating ethnographi...

As is always the case as the migration season draws to a close, March 2008 was a month of many su... more As is always the case as the migration season draws to a close, March 2008 was a month of many surprises. The month started off with sensational news that at least 2 Javan Pond Herons had been sighted in a canal near Lorong Halus. Normally indistinguishable from the more common Chinese Pond Heron in winter plumage, what made the news special was that these 2 birds were in full summer plumage, truly a sight to behold. Thankfully, they stayed around for the better part of the month, much to the delight of local birders & photographers. Javan Pond Heron at Pasir Ris Farmway 2 Drain Photo © Con Foley Changi Cove remained in the headlines as the handsome Oriental Plover continued to show itself throughout the early weeks of the month, along with a fine supporting cast that included "White-faced" Plovers, a single Siberian Stonechat, a single Pied Harrier & up to six Redthroated Pipits in their handsome breeding plumage. The grasslands of Pulau Punggol came up trumps again as for 2 consecutive weeks in the early half of March they played host to at least 2 Booted Eagles, with 1 of each morph for good measure! In the Central Catchment Forests, observers were swamped with a suspected influx of Chinese Flycatchers as throughout the later half of the month various observers reported birds of various sex and plumages across most of the Central Catchment from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve right through to the swamp forests around Upper Pierce Reservoir on the eastern end of Singapore Avifauna Volume 22 No 3 _____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________-2-the Catchment. Other notable migrants recorded within the same area during the month included vocal Blue-winged Pittas & Eastern Crowned Warblers. In addition, the cloudy day of 23rd March 2008 brought together 46 birdwatchers at 27 different sites across the country for the 23rd Annual Bird Census. With so many pairs of eyes scouring for our feathered friends all over the island, it was not surprising that many interesting records were noted. These included, but were not limited to, Ruddy Kingfishers at both Nee Soon & Khatib Bongsu, Chestnut-winged Cuckoo at Poyan Reservoir, Mangrove Pitta on Pulau Ubin & a Jambu Fruit Dove at Chinese Garden. For further details, refer to the enclosed Annual Bird Census Report. Johore It was a generally quiet month in Johor, with few observers and not much nesting activity noted until the end of the month. Nevertheless, there were several notable sightings during the month, chief among them the observation of the rarely seen Lesser Cuckooshrike & Yellow-crowned Barbet; the latter was examining a hole in a dead tree while the former engaging actively in incubation. In addition to the above, other noteworthy sightings included 3 Scarlet-breasted Flowerpeckers in 1 day, a beautiful & globally near-threatened Sunda Endemic, as well as a host of babblers that included 4 charming Black-throated Babblers and rounding off with the spectacular Temminck's Sunbird, another lowland forest specialty that is infrequently observed in Panti.

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Etn Co2, 2010

Spatial and Temporal Modalities of Everyday Integration, 2011

Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-developme... more Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-development project called H+, aiming to convert the southern industrial harbor space into a new, livable urban neighborhood and city center. The winning plan for the H+ project, titled ‘The Tolerant City,’ is an inherently social redevelopment that requires innovative and collaborative strategies, as well as a strong focus on social sustainability, to achieve. As a cultural analyst working with the City of Helsingborg (Helsingborgs stad) and the H+ Project, my role has been to mediate information between planners and citizens, focusing the project’s visions towards existing communities and their values. This thesis develops how ethnographic research and cultural mapping engages with and revitalizes city planning to enable the development of a ‘tolerant city,’ essentially a process of place-making the southern harbor. Cultural mapping translates ethnographic data into usable maps for city planners, used here as a methodological tool in the process of developing the H+ area as a physical and non-physical place. This thesis examines the ways in which an applied cultural analytical approach engenders planning practices towards openness and inclusion through deeper understandings of the dialectic identities emerging from the relationships between people and places.

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2013

Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, initiated a long-term re-development project call... more Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, initiated a long-term re-development project called H+ in 2009, aiming to convert industrial harbor space in the city’s south into a new, livable urban neighborhood and city center. The project aims to create an open and ’tolerant city’ in Helsingborg over the next twenty years. In 2010-2011, H+ used an open-source planning method as a strategy to incorporate multiple working methods and ideas into the planning process. As a cultural analyst, my role with the H+ project and the City of Helsingborg was to mediate social and cultural perspectives and development strategies between plan-ners and citizens. Focusing the project’s vision towards incorporating existing communities and their values, I applied an ethnographic method to culturally map Helsingborg’s social cityscapes. Cultural mapping integrates social and physical places into one map. It is a useful methodological tool in accessing ’cultural’ knowledge, translating ethnographic ...

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2013

Edited by Samantha Hyler Volume 1 of Culture Unbound raised the questions of "What's the use of c... more Edited by Samantha Hyler Volume 1 of Culture Unbound raised the questions of "What's the use of cultural research?" (Fornäs, Fredriksson & Johannisson 2009). This question attests to a deep-rooted and ongoing discussion implicit within the social sciences and humanities (cf. Pink 2006). While this thematic section cannot directly answer the question, it intends to engage with the conversation surrounding this topic. Communicating Culture in Practice contributes to this topic with examples of applied cultural research, the specific contexts the research has contributed to, and the issues the authors have grappled with in conducting their research. Being engaged in public discourse as a researcher is a key part of disseminating knowledge and engaging with new contexts. At times, the need to legitimate disciplines that do cultural research, or find research and employment opportunities, pushes researchers towards exploring new contexts and audiences. But this is not the only reason to do applied cultural research.

Mediating Cityscapes: Cultural Analysis and the Development of Urban Places, Jun 2011

Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-developme... more Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-development project called H+, aiming to convert the southern industrial harbor space into a new, livable urban neighborhood and city center. The winning plan for the H+ project, titled ‘The Tolerant City,’ is an inherently social redevelopment that requires innovative and collaborative strategies, as well as a strong focus on social sustainability, to achieve. As a cultural analyst working with the City of Helsingborg (Helsingborgs stad) and the H+ Project, my role has been to mediate information between planners and citizens, focusing the project’s visions towards existing communities and their values. This thesis develops how ethnographic research and cultural mapping engages with and revitalizes city planning to enable the development of a ‘tolerant city,’ essentially a process of place-making the southern harbor. Cultural mapping translates ethnographic data into usable maps for city planners, used here as a methodological tool in the process of developing the H+ area as a physical and non-physical place. This thesis examines the ways in which an applied cultural analytical approach engenders planning practices towards openness and inclusion through deeper under-standings of the dialectic identities emerging from the relationships between people and places.

Talks by Samantha Hyler

ASA 2015 conference presentation

Helsingborg has initiated a 20 year long urban renewal project, called H+, which intends to redev... more Helsingborg has initiated a 20 year long urban renewal project, called H+, which intends to redevelop the southern neighbourhoods and harbour area. This lecture addresses how the city can address social sustainability together with the infrastructural redevelopment process by applying a cultural perspective.

Revitalization of Helsingborg and fitting citizens to the H+ Project of a ‘tolerant city’. The cu... more Revitalization of Helsingborg and fitting citizens to the H+ Project of a ‘tolerant city’. The cultural analyst as mediator of urban values – making the methodology of cultural mapping useful when transforming citizens’ cultural knowledge and needs into usable maps for city planning.

Etn Co2, 2010

Spatial and Temporal Modalities of Everyday Integration, 2011

Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-developme... more Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-development project called H+, aiming to convert the southern industrial harbor space into a new, livable urban neighborhood and city center. The winning plan for the H+ project, titled ‘The Tolerant City,’ is an inherently social redevelopment that requires innovative and collaborative strategies, as well as a strong focus on social sustainability, to achieve. As a cultural analyst working with the City of Helsingborg (Helsingborgs stad) and the H+ Project, my role has been to mediate information between planners and citizens, focusing the project’s visions towards existing communities and their values. This thesis develops how ethnographic research and cultural mapping engages with and revitalizes city planning to enable the development of a ‘tolerant city,’ essentially a process of place-making the southern harbor. Cultural mapping translates ethnographic data into usable maps for city planners, used here as a methodological tool in the process of developing the H+ area as a physical and non-physical place. This thesis examines the ways in which an applied cultural analytical approach engenders planning practices towards openness and inclusion through deeper understandings of the dialectic identities emerging from the relationships between people and places.

Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2013

Mediating Cityscapes: Cultural Analysis and the Development of Urban Places, Jun 2011

Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-developme... more Helsingborg, a coastal city in southern Sweden, has initiated a twenty-five yearlong re-development project called H+, aiming to convert the southern industrial harbor space into a new, livable urban neighborhood and city center. The winning plan for the H+ project, titled ‘The Tolerant City,’ is an inherently social redevelopment that requires innovative and collaborative strategies, as well as a strong focus on social sustainability, to achieve. As a cultural analyst working with the City of Helsingborg (Helsingborgs stad) and the H+ Project, my role has been to mediate information between planners and citizens, focusing the project’s visions towards existing communities and their values. This thesis develops how ethnographic research and cultural mapping engages with and revitalizes city planning to enable the development of a ‘tolerant city,’ essentially a process of place-making the southern harbor. Cultural mapping translates ethnographic data into usable maps for city planners, used here as a methodological tool in the process of developing the H+ area as a physical and non-physical place. This thesis examines the ways in which an applied cultural analytical approach engenders planning practices towards openness and inclusion through deeper under-standings of the dialectic identities emerging from the relationships between people and places.

ASA 2015 conference presentation