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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