68
Artists and the Arts, City and Community

Monday, 16 July 2018: 15:30-17:20
Location: 206C (MTCC NORTH BUILDING)
RC03 Community Research (host committee)

Language: English

This session invites papers that examine the complex relationships between artists, communities and the city. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: the role of artists in defining the character of communities; arts groups as focal points for community conflict; artists and community organizing; arts-focused public policy; art as an urban tool for community development; the role of communities in shaping artistic activity;  the role of arts and local communities in the positioning of cities in the global economy and/or politics. 
Session Organizers:
Daniel SILVER, University of Toronto, Canada and Volker KIRCHBERG, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany
Oral Presentations
68.1
Changing Implicitness – Functions of Arts and Culture in Urban Planning and Policies across Times and Places
Volker KIRCHBERG, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany
68.2
City Building As a Boundary Object: Lessons from Toronto's Public-Art Ecosystem
Daniel SILVER, University of Toronto, Canada; Noga KEIDAR, University of Toronto, Canada
68.3
Starchitects in Bohemia: An Exploration of Cultural Cities from the “Top-Down” and “Bottom-up”
Hyesun JEONG, University of Chicago, USA; Matt PATTERSON, University of Calgary, Canada
68.4
Scenes Making: The Development of Three Urban Communities in Beijing from Cultural Dynamics
JUN WU, Beijing Administration Institute, China
68.5
The Impact of "Big" and "Small" Art on Urban Change
Marta KLEKOTKO, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Distributed Papers
68.6
Review of Neighborhood-Level Quantitative Studies for Studying the Arts As a Tool in Community Development
Yasemin ARIKAN, Urban Innovation Analysis, Inc., USA
68.7
Who Owns (the Memory of) Leonard Cohen in Montreal? Examining the Politics of Representation and Authenticity in Urban Spaces
Margret KUSENBACH, University of South Florida, USA
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