Bristol

People, Places, Projects

A collection of places visited, people met, data sources explored during our research week in Bristol.

Projects

Public initiatives

• Bristol’s Quality of life Survey
• Bristol is Open
• The Bristol Approach - Citizen Sensing
• Bristol’s One City Plan
• Replicate in Bristol (and in the EU)

Measuring cities

• Smart Cities Index Bristol has been recognised in the UK Smart Cities Index 2017 as leading the way in areas such as open data access, energy innovation, and community engagement.
• The Happy City Index is a progress report on the conditions for wellbeing at a city level. It helps decision makers understand and assess the determinants of wellbeing and establishes the foundation for better decisions and resource use for improving lives

Citizen-led projects

• The Bristol Approach - Citizen Sensing

Places

• Bristol City Council

Industry

• Open Data Institute Node in Bristol “What can open data do for you?”
• Pervasive Media Studio

Art/Culture

• Watershed
• We the Curious A space with different experiences, where you can interact with exhibits and take part in experiments connecting science, art, people and ideas.
• Bristol’s Data Dome

Academia/Research

• Jean Golding Institute A central hub for data science and data-intensive research at the University of Bristol.

Community

• Knowle West Media Centre
• BS3 Community Centre
• Filwood Community Centre
• Voscur

Data sources

City

• Bristol’s Statistics and Census
• Bristol’s Quality of life survey
• Bristol’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
• Bristol’s Open Data Platform

National

• Office for National Statistics
• NHS data
• Data.gov
• Police
• Index of Multiple Deprivation

Journal

This is the work which happened with this city local government to develop the project.

• Back from Data for Development Festival

• Interview with Don Alexander

• Interview with Phil Chan

• Guerilla interviews (afternoon session)

• Guerilla interviews (morning session)

• "Data, Citizen Sensing and Urban Resilience", our proposal to Data for Development Festival in Bristol

• ODI Presentation • Work Week in Review

• Open Data Institute - Feedback

• Work Week Retrospective Day 5

• Interview with Patricia Holley

• Interview with John Kellas

• Bristol City Council - Feedback

• Work Week Retrospective Day 4

• Community Interviews

• Diary of day 4 • Fieldwork in Filwood and a visit to the KWMC

• Work Week Retrospective Day 3

• Diary of day 3 • Watershed and ideation sketching

• 8 Sketches Workshop

• Work Week Retrospective Day 2

• Mindmap

• Mind the Gaps is…

• Datavisualisation inspirations

• Diary of day 2 • Southville

• Work Week Retrospective Day 1

• Alignment Workshop

• Diary of day 1 • Bridging the gaps

• Project timeline