Urban Encounters: Art and the Public (Culture of Cities)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0773550062 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Using original, hands-on approaches, Urban Encounters reveals how art in the urban public space generates encounters that can transform both the city itself and the ways that people relate to it. Exploring the interaction between art and the public in Canadian cities, Urban Encounters features writing by artists, architects, curators, anthropologists, geographers, and urban studies specialists. Given recent claims about the importance of creativity to urban prosperity, opportunities for installing or performing art in the city have multiplied. Public art is on the urban agenda. As cities strive to appear culturally dynamic, the stakes of arti
While sociological and anthropological perspectives and methodologies are the central focus, the volume also includes approaches to urban cultures deriving from creative and practice-based research, cultural studies, and media studies.” Michael Darroch, University of Windsor. The strength of this collection lies in its commitment to interdisciplinary perspectives from across social sciences and humanities