The Urban Nature Identity Study investigates how the simple practice of noticing everyday nature shapes wellbeing, connection to nature, and our sense of what nature is. Using a two-week smartphone-based study that combines photovoice with daily check-ins, we capture how city residents notice, photograph, and make meaning of nature in their immediate surroundings. In partnership with Gehl, we aim to understand how directed noticing and design-and-technology tools can transform cities from sites of separation into spaces of reconnection between people, place, and planet.
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