'Placemaking is not simply physical: it is down to human attitudes, actions, and communication': Lois describes how an online placement can be just as rewarding as face to face working
Creating ‘place’ when working from home Lois describes how an online placement can be just as rewarding as face to face working I was incredibly lucky to be taken on as an intern at Cinema for All this summer. Cinema for All describes its main role as “helping communities across the country to develop and sustain the type of film screenings they want”. As a lover of all things film, I immediately knew this was the internship I wanted to work on. I was ecstatic when I found out I got a place working for a company that centres itself around the idea that the universal love of film helps build communities, although, naturally, the daily workings of the workplace were a mystery to me. From my first introductory video call to my first time in the office, what immediately struck me about the team was their ability to make me feel comfortable, despite any subconscious anxieties I may have had about working in a completely new and unfamiliar environment. This is made even more perplexing ...