Regenerating Culture and Society: Architecture, Art and Urban Style within the Global Politics of City Branding (Tate Liverpool Critical Forum, 12) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846316405 ISBN 13: 9781846316401

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This collection is an essential guide to, and critique of, visual arts regeneration strategies mobilized by local and national governments attempting to brand their cities in contemporary regional and global markets for lucrative industries, tourism and heritage recognition. Looking at cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand, Da Zha Lan in China, Bogata in Colombia and Rio de Janiero in Brazil and case studies in the former USSR, it offers critical analyses of the history of regeneration policies and practices with a unique focus on the use of architecture, art and visual culture as vehicles for the re-design and re-presentation of cities. Themes treated include sustainability and energy production for cities, sexuality and architecture, surveillance and power on the streets, utopian imaginings of alternative societies and consultation for social change in building.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Harris is Professor in Global Art and Design Studies at the University of Southampton. Dr Richard Williams is Professor of Contemporary Visual Cultures at the University of Edinburgh.

Review:

"I would recommend this book to those searching for a light and broad precis of the role of art, architecture and visual culture in urban and cultural regeneration strategies, particularly if interested in such processes discussed through detailed engagement with case study material."--Urban Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1846316405
• ISBN 13: 9781846316401
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 347
• Editor: Harris Jonathan, Williams Richard