Affective Heritage and Embodied Experiences through Design

This chapter explores the intersection of urban heritage, socio-environmental justice, and critical mapping through the lens of art and design. This chapter scrutinizes how artistic interventions that reframe historical architectural forms and urban spaces foster community engagement and spatial justice. This chapter emphasizes the significance of affective heritage and embodied experiences in shaping how individuals and communities connect with their environment. This chapter discusses how these installations affect people’s bodies and how real-time, interactive experiences can enhance the emotional dimension of urban spaces. By providing users access to historical archives, multimedia content, and real-time data, these tools offer potent insights into the legacies of inequality and open pathways to more inclusive futures. Through the lenses of critical mapping, affective engagement, and heritage, this chapter offers a way to rethink urban spaces and to consider how these things contribute to socio-environmental justice.