Locality is not just the place where we live, work and socialise but it is the place of ‘being there’. ‘Being there’ in this research, is the livescape. Locality is the local place, people, things, animals, plants, community, built things, spaces where people hang out, and neighborhoods.
Photographs: The Tall Ship, the Riverside Museum, Kelvin Harbour and Govan, on the north and south banks of the river Clyde. The river Clyde is known historically for the shipbuilding industry, and these places are part of Glasgow's post-industrial heritage. Only a few miles from the heart of the city centre, these places are part of the regeneration of Glasgow, from a post-industrial city to a world class destination. Credit: CMT
Photographs: Ferry No8, the last remaining functioning ferry on the river Clyde has been restored by CMT volunteers and it is moored at Kelvin Harbor, along with other small boats. Credit: Author's own.
Photographs: Southbank marina, Kirkintilloch, FCC. Historically, this was the Kirkintilloch Canal Basin built in 1834 and place of various industries: the McGregor's boatyard, the Star Foundry, and the Basin Foundry. Today, nothing is left here to remind the past industries and it is now the house of East Dunbartonshire Council headquarters and the place where Kirkintilloch Canal Festival takes place. The marina hosts boats that belong to organisations and individuals. Credit: Author's own.
Photograph: Moorings and pontoons for canal boats with access to electricity and water are part of the canal's regeneration and improvement of access to boats use.
Locality, in the livescape, is the system that makes the landscape what it is: the geography, the characteristics, the stories, the creatures and the plants that live in it, and whatever humans have created with all the above in a specific place.
Photograph: FCCS boat on the way to Auchinstarry. Everything that happens in the fields surrounding the FCC affects the water, for example animals grazing or pesticides from crops growing. When the water gets affected then the vegetation in and around the canal changes too and that could impact boat navigation conditions. Credit: CanalCraft participant
Locality is the livescape with all these being there and it changes all the time. Locality is there even if we can’t see it, it is found in-between what we understand, see and feel, and is made out of what we know about it.
Photograph: Firhill Canal Basin, near Maryhill. "These old timber basins basically constitute the most under-utilised asset in Glasgow. One basin has been created by widening the canal on the offside as it takes an almost 180 degree bend. A second basin, kidney-shaped, lies within the curve. Bridges which formerly spanned the basin entrances at each end have been removed and thus the towpath has become an island, creating an ideal habitat for city wildlife. The inside curve of the basin next to Partick Thistle football stadium sports a footpath which rejoins the towpath at a point near to the entrance to the basin" (The Forth and Clyde Canal Guidebook 1991). Credit Author's own.
Photograph: This is an image of a FCC post-industrial site, in one of the areas that are in the regeneration process. Heritage places have been considered as dangerous and wastelands, in need of renewal.
Photographs: Slipways: Twehar and Kirkintilloch. Slipways are important features in waterways, as they allow easy access to boats and so connection with the water.
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