Cara Courage (UK University of Brighton)

Arts in Place

The Arts, the Urban and Social Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780367219093
• ISBN-10: 0367219093
• Artikelnr.: 56924352

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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