Spaces of vernacular creativity : rethinking the cultural economy / edited by Tim Edensor. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edensor, Tim, 1957-

Series:

Routledge studies in human geography ; 30.

Routledge studies in human geography ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual capital.

Creative ability--Economic aspects.

Creative ability.

Professional employees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Creativity has become part of the language of regeneration experts, urban planners and government policy makers attempting to revive the economic and cultural life of cities in the 21st century. Concepts such as the creative class, the creative industries and bohemian cultural clusters have come to dominate thinking about how creativity can contribute to urban renewal. Spaces of Vernacular Creativity offers a critical perspective on the instrumental use of arts and creative practices for the purposes of urban regeneration or civic boosterism. Several important con

Contents:

Introduction : rethinking creativity : critiquing the creative class thesis / Tim Edensor ... [et al.]

Creative spaces and the art of urban living / Graeme Evans

Creativity by design? The role of informal spaces in creative production / Norma M. Rantisi and Deborah Leslie

Art goes AWOL / Malcolm Miles

Creativ* suburbs : cultural "popcorn" pioneering in multi-purpose spaces / Alison Bain

Beyond Bohemia : geographies of everyday creativity for musicians in Toronto / Brian J. Hracs

Mapping vernacular creativity : the extent and diversity of rural festivals in Australia / Chris Gibson, Chris Brennan-Horley and Jim Walmsley

Imagining the spatialities of music production : the co-constitution of creative clusters and networks / Bas Van Heur

Remediating vernacular creativity : photography and cultural citizenship in the Flickr photosharing network / Jean Burgess

Creativity, space and performance : community gardening / David Crouch

Growing places : community gardening, ordinary creativities and place-based regeneration in a northern English city / Paul Milbourne

Creative destruction and critical creativity : recent episodes in the social life of gnomes / Tracey J. Potts

Christmas lights displays and the creative production of spaces of generosity / Tim Edensor and Steve Millington

Challenge, change, and space in vernacular cultural practice / Ann Markusen

The politics of creative performance in public space : towards a critical geography of Toronto case studies / Heather E. McLean

Creativity unbound : cultivating the generative power of non-economic neighbourhood spaces / Ava Bromberg.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-249) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Spaces of vernacular creativity : rethinking the cultural economy

ISBN:

1-134-01844-4

1-134-01845-2

1-282-37783-3

9786612377839

0-203-88644-5

9780203886441

OCLC:

499114103