Strata — by Urbana East

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Welcome to Strata

A living map of what a community holds dear. Two ways in:

Temporal signal

Present — active

Fragile / at risk

Lost / warning

Resilient / aspirational

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How this map is built

Everything you see here is gathered and published two ways — and you can take part in both.

1 · Commissioned Projects. An organisation commissions deep qualitative research across a whole place, and its living heritage is mapped in full. Commission a study for your neighbourhood →

2 · Public Contributions. Have a memory or a note about a place you value? Add it yourself. Drop a pin and share your story →

Every contribution is verified by a Strata researcher before it appears on the map.

The temporal signal, explained

Present — active
Cultural practices currently alive and practised today

Past — maintained
Historical practices that have been deliberately sustained

Present — fragile
Active but at risk — typically held by the elder generation only

Warning
Present-day pressures threatening future continuity

Past — transformed
Practices that persist in changed form — heritage evolution

Past — lost
Irreversible heritage loss — the structure or practice is gone

Past — remembered
Historic narratives that survive only in collective memory

Aspirational
Community vision for the neighbourhood's future

Resilient — defended
Active community victories — things residents have fought for

Resilient — persistent
Cultural meaning that persists even when the physical anchor is gone

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All narratives

Temporal All Present — active Fragile Past — lost Transformed Remembered Past — maintained Defended Persistent Aspirational Warning

All Women Men

All Elders 60+ Adults 30–59 Youth

All Citizen Resident Visitor

Mental Map Totems

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