Civic cultures and modalities of place-making

Alevizou, Giota; Alexiou, Katerina; Harte, Dave; Sobers, Shawn; Zamenopoulos, Theodore; Turner, Jerome

Abstract

Acts of creative citizenship require places, where challenges and tensions generate energy, inviting resolution through creative collaboration. In this chapter we aim to shed light on processes of place-making, whether they occur in physical, digital or hybrid spaces. We adopt a broad definition of place to explore what place and making mean within three urban settings of our action research.

The sites explores in this chapter support groups that share an interest in the relationship between artistic imagination and its political expression in projects of urban renewal. We pay particular attention to the ways in which communicative infrastructures may contribute to the construction of social relationships, and civic agency, leading to dividends in the form of enhanced networks of affinity, trust and resilience.

• Online Publication Date: Apr 6, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 6, 2016
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 205-230
• Series Title: Connected Communities
• Book Title: The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy
• Chapter Number: 9
• ISBN: 9781447324942
• Keywords: creative citizens, diy culture, social media, community media, youth media, co-production, community led design
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/913626
• Publisher URL: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-creative-citizen-unbound
• Contract Date: Oct 28, 2015