Machi-mi-chou: A Methodology for Perceiving, Feeling and Story-telling about a Town

Abstract

Town has been one of the interesting targets in the community of field research. Recently, not only researchers but also ordinary people are interested in towns and communities. Especially, town- walking is one of the active interests. In an enjoyable experience of walking in a town, if he or she makes meta-cognitive efforts, everybody is able to learn the ability to see its various aspects and associate them with how people live there and how communities are being formed there. Through a case-study of walking around two areas in Tokyo, we have designed a media called "Machi-mi-chou" and a system of using it as a methodology for experiencing a town, story-telling its experience and luring others to learning from experiences of town-walking.