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Every place has a story – many stories, in fact. Ever wondered what it would be like to wander through an area listening to those stories and experiences, told to you by the very people who have lived them? That is one of the aims of this project. Holbeck Audiowalk builds upon Simon Bradley’s recent MA dissertation, ‘Identities of place and community: an audio walk of Holbeck, Leeds’, which was based on interviews with 20 residents, planners and developers during 2010. Currently the work is being developed and extended as part of an AHRC-funded PhD project exploring the implications of the converging fields of locative/pervasive media, GPS and augmented reality in relation to the presentation of oral history.
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The Holbeck Audiowalk uses Layar technology to integrate its GPS augmented reality layer with your iPhone or Android – click HERE for info on downloading the free app.
Here is a panorama of the spot where the walk begins (use mouse/trackpad to manipulate your view):