{"id":1351,"date":"2021-02-01T12:32:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2021-02-01T20:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T20:23:07","slug":"place-parts-episode-6-authenticity-and-deliberative-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/01\/place-parts-episode-6-authenticity-and-deliberative-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Place Parts, Episode 6: Authenticity and Deliberative Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this episode of Place Parts, we expand upon the role<\/a> of “context keys” and authenticity” with Dr. Katherine Loflin, long-time consultant (the City Doctor<\/a>), researcher, and producer of place-based community theater. Her career has significantly evolved from a principal role in the Knight Foundation’s Soul of the Community<\/a> project. I first interviewed Loflin for an Atlantic<\/em> article<\/a> in 2011, about her weekly American radio show on placemaking ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character<\/em><\/a> looks behind tangible culture and character to the home and the everyday. Loflin has taken this idea to heart. Rather than indulge in more data gathering or development, she has\u2014in her native North Carolina\u2014created Amazing Place Productions<\/a>. This effort is more reminiscent of expressive public art: a theatrical approach that enables residents to understand where they live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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