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Spaces of Vernacular Creativity - Rethinking the Cultural Economy (Paperback)
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Spaces of Vernacular Creativity - Rethinking the Cultural Economy (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography
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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 contributions are brought
into one volume to examine the geography of locally embedded forms
of arts and creative practice. There has been an explosion of
interest in both academic and policy circles in the notion of
creativity, and its role in economic development and urban
regeneration. This book argues for a rethinking of what constitutes
creativity, foregrounding non-economic values and practices, and
the often marginal and everyday spaces in which creativity takes
shape. Drawing on a range of geographic contexts including the
U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia, the book explores a diverse
array of creative practices ranging from art, music, and design to
community gardening and anticapitalist resistance. The book
examines working class, ethnic and non-elite forms of creativity,
and a variety of creative spaces, including rural areas, suburbs
and abandoned areas of the city. The authors argue for a broader
and more inclusive conception of what constitutes creative
practice, advocating for an approach that foregrounds economies of
generosity, conviviality and activism. The book also explores the
complexities and nuances that connect the local and the global and
finally, the book provides a space for valuing alternative,
marginal and displaced knowledges. Spaces of Vernacular Creativity
provides an important contribution to the debates on the creative
class and on the role of value of creative knowledge and skills.
The book aims to contribute to contemporary academic debates
regarding the development of post-industrial economies and the
cognitive cultural economy. It will appeal to a wide range of
disciplines including, geography, applied art, planning, cultural
studies, sociology and urban studies, plus specialised programmes
on creativity and cultural industries at Undergraduate and
Postgraduate levels.
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