Cultural Capitals: Revaluing The Arts, Remaking Urban Spaces

by Louise C Johnson, Mark Boyle, Donald Mitchell, David Pinder

Overview

This is a book about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies and communities. Anchored in academic discussion of the Cultural Industries – what they are, how they have emerged, why they matter and how they should be theorized – the book offers a series of case studies drawn from five countries: Australia, Singapore, Spain, the UK and the US to examine how the arts contribute to sustainable urban regeneration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409488293
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/28/2012
Series:	Re-materialising Cultural Geography
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr Johnson is Associate Professor in the School of History, Heritage and Society, Deakin University, Australia

Table of Contents

Contents: Creating value, valuing creativity; Conceptualising the cultural industries/cultural capitals; The emergence of cultural capitals; Glasgow: cultural tourism and design; Bilbao: the Guggenheim and the post-modern city of spectacle; Singapore: post-colonial city of cultural heritage and performance; Geelong as a cultural capital? Down under echoes; Cultural capitals: re-valuing the arts, re-making sustainable city spaces; References; Index.