Erik Hannerz
Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer
Urban Creativity : Essays on interventions in public space
Editor
- Erik Hannerz
- Peter Bengtsen
Summary, in English
Public space is fundamental to democracy. It is a common arena that we all have the right to use. In Urban Creativity, nine European researchers from different
disciplines describe how subcultures utilize public space. The authors draw on their backgrounds in different fields, including Sociology, Economy, Law, Art History & Visual Studies, and Urban Studies, to investigate unauthorized phenomena like graffiti and street art, the umbrella protests in Hong Kong, the Occupy movement and the free party movement. These are examples of interventions in the city that aim to temporarily or permanently change the meaning, function or accessibility of urban public space.
The book is partly a result of the work done in the interdisciplinary Urban Creativity IAS Theme at The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University (2018-2019).
disciplines describe how subcultures utilize public space. The authors draw on their backgrounds in different fields, including Sociology, Economy, Law, Art History & Visual Studies, and Urban Studies, to investigate unauthorized phenomena like graffiti and street art, the umbrella protests in Hong Kong, the Occupy movement and the free party movement. These are examples of interventions in the city that aim to temporarily or permanently change the meaning, function or accessibility of urban public space.
The book is partly a result of the work done in the interdisciplinary Urban Creativity IAS Theme at The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University (2018-2019).
Department/s
- Division of Art History and Visual Studies
- Sociology
Publishing year
2024-09-15
Language
English
Full text
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Document type
Book
Publisher
Dokument Press
Topic
- Visual Arts
- Cultural Studies
- Other Social Sciences
Keywords
- graffiti
- street art
- public art
- public space
- urban art
- urban creativity
- rave culture
- public transportation
- Occupy movement
- free party movement
- the umbrella movement
Status
Published
Project
- The Urban Creativity Pufendorf IAS Theme
- Urban Creativity Lund
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-91-88369-92-5
- ISBN: 978-91-89944-02-2