Arts in Place

The Arts, the Urban and Social Practice

Cara Courage (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
9780367219093 (ISBN)

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This interdisciplinary book explores the role of art in placemaking in urban environments, analysing how artists and communities use arts to improve their quality of life. The book interrogates artistic practice in placemaking and its outcomes, drawing on examples of local level projects from the USA and Europe to consider the effect that these

This interdisciplinary book explores the role of art in placemaking in urban environments, analysing how artists and communities use arts to improve their quality of life. It explores the concept of social practice placemaking, where artists and community members are seen as equal experts in the process. Drawing on examples of local level projects from the USA and Europe, the book explores the impact of these projects on the people involved, on their relationship to the place around them, and on city policy and planning practice.

Case studies include Art Tunnel Smithfield, Dublin, an outdoor art gallery and community space in an impoverished area of the city; The Drawing Shed, London, a contemporary arts practice operating in housing estates and parks in Walthamstow; and Big Car, Indianapolis, an arts organisation operating across the whole of this Midwest city.

This book offers a timely contribution, bridging the gap between cultural studies and placemaking. It will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners working in geography, urban studies, architecture, planning, sociology, cultural studies and the arts.

Cara Courage is an arts and urban researcher, curator and commentator. She completed her PhD at the University of Brighton, UK, and has an urban arts career spanning over fifteen years, with her own arts-based placemaking practice and specialism in public engagement in the built environment.

1. Introduction: social practice placemaking in a global context 2. Arts in place 3. A typology of placemaking 4. The Drawing Shed, London 5. Art Tunnel Smithfield, Dublin 6. Big Car, Indianapolis 7. Conclusion: towards a deeper understanding of the arts in placemaking Appendix: demographic and statistical information

Erscheinungsdatum	15.02.2019
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9780367219093 / 9780367219093
Zustand	Neuware