This page is to collect together some ideas for the Yes we Caen - Voyager Autrement - Travel Differently project. A shareable link is: tinyurl.com/yescaen
Any underlined text will take you to further information on the internet about the item named on the blog
It was first published on November 20th, 2020. It was substantially updated after the first presentation on December 3rd, 2020 and then again in March 2021.
Further websites were added on December 11th and two further pages were created one to collect together information about Duisburg ...
and one to collect together information about Caen. (These are both very much in their infancy)
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Virtual Reality Project with the University of Rennes (Sciences Politiques) Caen Campus.
This document (below) has the sketch outline of the idea. This is just a starting point and where the ideas will feed into, with all interested parties supplying their own materials to be displayed on the eventual product.
Whatever becomes of the project, I intend to use all garnered information to create a hub for info on Portsmouth (this page), Caen (click here) and Duisburg (click here). It will be an ongoing project and no information sent will therefore be wasted.
Links to the sites all under construction are here:
All about Portsmouth (this page) Share this link to anyone interested tinyurl.com/yescaen
Tout sur Caen Share this link with anyone interested tinyurl.com/allcaen
Alles über Duisburg Share this link to anyone interested tinyurl.com/allduis
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News:
Thursday 3rd December at 2pm (3pm in Caen) there is an online presentation of the project.
Tuesday 8th December at 6:30pm (7:30pm in Caen) there is a repeat live online presentation of the project. Please try to attend if you possibly can.
Although not as easy as being able to ask questions directly. On December 8th before the live session, we made a Zoom recording (which has for some reason cut off part of the slideshow), however. the discourse can be heard and it gives more of an idea of what they want to achieve.
Their original script is below
For questions and ideas on the project please email: office@ajstarrtranslation.co.uk (Chair of the Portsmouth ECTC)
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Updated December 12th 2020.
These links will take you to other websites or blog pages as the project develops.
Project Partners: The Portsmouth European Cities Twinning Committee
Specifically:
Andrew Starr Chair of the Portsmouth ECTC
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The City of Portsmouth's Businesses, Residents and Community Groups
The websites listed in this section are those of group, individuals, or businesses that have contacted me and pledged their information as part of this project. Below the next set of *** are those websites that have not (yet) become part of the project, but are however known to me as interesting places to see and visit in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth's Musical Talents
Portsmouth's Creative People
Portsmouth Creates through the University / Victorious Festival / Arts Council:
Pete Davison
Made in Portsmouth
Kitty an alumnus of the University of Portsmouth after studying BA (Hons) Illustration, has created the most recent 'Made in Portsmouth' project during Lockdown in 2020. For this project, she created a handmade interactive map of Portsmouth. It contains a red lens which reveals various places and attractions around the city along with some information about them. >>> Click Here to see the map <<<
Solent Sky Services Press Release
Mike Sanders-Woods of Solent Sky Services has provided their Press Pack (pdf below)
The trailer for their documentary is linked below...
A local Co-operative of creative people...
We Create Market Southsea (Portsmouth Creates)
This is a group of around 200 local artists and makers who come together to sell their products in this project. We could aim to feature them and their works on this project.
Solent Sky Services have once more provided a wonderful virtual tour by drone through the former Debenhams department store in Southsea. While the store awaits redevelopment into Handley's Corner with flats and retail space it is being used on some weekends as a space for local makers and creators to sell their goods and works.
Portsmouth's Eateries
Shappla https://www.shappla.com/
Portsmouth's Civil and Business Organisations
Visit Portsmouth - including... visitportsmouth.co.uk/virtualportsmouth
Portsmouth's Sights and Sounds
These two have pledged to work with twinning...
A separate page will be created to showcase the main sights and it will be linked here including...
Hilsea Lines, Southsea Castle, The D-Day Story, The Charles Dickens Museum, The City Museum, The Natural History Museum, The Rose Garden, The Garden of Maizuru, The Caen Peace Garden, Avenue de Caen, Duisburg Way, The Spinnaker Tower, Portsdown Hill
The Commonwealth Memorial
The Historic Dockyard
Portsmouth's Educational Establishments
Joe Hall - International Outreach UoP
N.B. Jane Austen's House is in Chawton near Winchester, There are many links to virtual tours in the city and a few videos about life in the city.
Brad Beaven - UoP
Francis Graves - School of Architecture UoP
Many architectural designs for redevelopment of the Caen Presqu'île were made for assessments - I have drafts if the Caen Urban Development person would like to see them.
A new page will be created to showcase the work from the students at the University of Portsmouth for the Presqu'île de Caen. It will be linked here.
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Claire Sambrook UoP - CCI Creative and Cultural Industries Faculty.
This faculty already has these projects which will be of great interest.
Island City Stories https://theislandcitystories.tumblr.com/ this was a wonderful project working with BA Film Production first year students and over 200 Portsmouth businesses - the website features the best outcomes.
I also have a ton of photographs of Portsmouth (mostly unusual/abstract views and the creative industries sector). The students have access at https://www.flickr.com/photos/create_up/albums
There are also more projects that might be useful in someway on my website at https://www.clairesambrook.com/
More than happy to speak to them and advise/help in whatever way I can.
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Further Information from the University's Associate Dean, Dr Bryony Whitmarsh.
Blog Post about the Literature Map Launch
Link to the UoP Research Centres
Portsmouth Uni Students are at the start of a project to develop a virtual exchange with the following aims with our partners at UNICAEN:
Improve students’ ability to communicate, collaborate and establish relationships with members of other cultures.
Provide access to one another’s cultures in order to develop students’ awareness of the differences and similarities between them.
Explore the history of Franco-British relations, in order to develop students’ understanding of the relationships between our countries, and the contemporary issues we face.
Encourage students to consider what they can do to be a part of promoting cooperation in the future.
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Hoping for:
Brittany Ferries
Tertiary Schools (16-18)
Some local musicians/performers in Portsmouth
We will have a separate page to showcase local artists
Major Shopping Centres
Places of Worship
From Richard Gibbon:
In 2016 my wife Judith and I were asked to produce French and German translations of a small brochure given to visitors to Portsmouth Cathedral.
There are many more places of worship in Portsmouth
Points of interest within one hour of Portsmouth
Very local places
