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Introduction: Rethinking Creativity: Critiquing The Creative Class Thesis / Tim Edensor... [et Al.] -- Creative Spaces And The Art Of Urban Living / Graeme Evans -- Creativity By Design? The Role Of Informal Spaces In Creative Production / Norma M. Rantisi And Deborah Leslie -- Art Goes Awol / Malcolm Miles -- Creativ* Suburbs: Cultural Popcorn Pioneering In Multi-purpose Spaces / Alison Bain -- Beyond Bohemia: Geographies Of Everyday Creativity For Musicians In Toronto / Brian J. Hracs -- Mapping Vernacular Creativity: The Extent And Diversity Of Rural Festivals In Australia / Chris Gibson, Chris Brennan-horley And Jim Walmsley -- Imagining The Spatialities Of Music Production: The Co-constitution Of Creative Clusters And Networks / Bas Van Heur -- Remediating Vernacular Creativity: Photography And Cultural Citizenship In The Flickr Photosharing Network / Jean Burgess -- Creativity, Space And Performance: Community Gardening / David Crouch -- Growing Places: Community Gardening, Ordinary Creativities And Place-based Regeneration In A Northern English City / Paul Milbourne -- Creative Destruction And Critical Creativity: Recent Episodes In The Social Life Of Gnomes / Tracey J. Potts -- Christmas Lights Displays And The Creative Production Of Spaces Of Generosity / Tim Edensor And Steve Millington -- Challenge, Change, And Space In Vernacular Cultural Practice / Ann Markusen -- The Politics Of Creative Performance In Public Space: Towards A Critical Geography Of Toronto Case Studies / Heather E. Mclean -- Creativity Unbound: Cultivating The Generative Power Of Non-economic Neighbourhood Spaces / Ava Bromberg. Edited By Tim Edensor... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [226]-249) And Index.
This collection investigates the often-overlooked role of vernacular creativity in shaping urban and rural environments, challenging the dominance of the 'creative class' thesis. Edited by Tim Edensor and a team of contributors, the volume utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to examine how everyday practices—ranging from community gardening to holiday light displays—contribute to the cultural economy. By shifting the focus away from institutionalized creative industries, the authors argue that informal, non-economic spaces are vital to social cohesion and place-based regeneration.
What You Will Find
Experts recognize this text as a significant contribution to urban geography and cultural studies for its focus on the 'ordinary' aspects of creativity. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which serves as a foundational resource for scholars examining the intersection of space, performance, and social life.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2009-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0203886445
ISBN-13:
9780203886441
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