Psychogeographies of Amsterdam East
AndersGeheugen van Oost (Memory of East) is a website designed for the exhibition Oost Amsterdamse buurt (East Amsterdam Neighboorhood) in the Amsterdam Historical Museum, held from October 10, 2003 till February 29, 2004.
Geheugen van Oost is a project initiated by the Amsterdam Historical Museum, BuurtOnline, Xina Text & Support and volunteers. However, due to its popularity among the residents, the website still exists beyond the exhibition. It now functions as a site where everyday memories and stories by local residents are told. It is a website on which city dwellers discover, create, share and enhance their own community narratives. The memory of Amsterdam East contains personal stories and photographs ( Over de site).
Besides the collection of stories for future generations, the website also has a social purpose. Memories of East aims to stimulate social integration and social participation of various groups in this area ( Partners). With the information that people uploaded on the website, this research attempts to map psychogeographies of neighborhood memories. In what follows we introduce the theoretical framework, explain the research questions, describe the digital methods, show the analyses - psychogeographies - and discuss them on the background of the mentioned theoretical notions.