Connecting Arts and Place: Cultural Policy and American Cities (Sociology of the Arts)

In this book, Eleonora Redaelli investigates the arts in American cities, providing insight into urban cultural policy discourse through the lens of space. By unpacking the ways in which scholars and policymakers account for geographic configuration and spatial relation, this monograph presents a unique approach to the arts and public policy. Redaelli analyses five main concepts of the international discourse in cultural policy — cultural planning, cultural mapping, creative industries, cultural districts and creative placemaking — highlighting how each of them contributes to the understanding of how the arts connect with place. Employing a selection of American cities as case, this book is an essential contribution to our understanding of cultural policy and its effects. It will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, public policy, urban studies, arts management and cultural studies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Thinking Spatially in Cultural Policy (Eleonora Redaelli)....Pages 1-19 Cultural Planning: Positioning Arts and Place in the Policy Discourse (Eleonora Redaelli)....Pages 21-48 Cultural Mapping: Location the Arts in a Place (Eleonora Redaelli)....Pages 49-84 Creative Industries: Situating Systems of Artistic Production and Consumption (Eleonora Redaelli)....Pages 85-125 Cultural Districts: Mixing the Arts and Other Businesses (Eleonora Redaelli)....Pages 127-153 Creative Placemaking: Leading Social Change with the Arts (Eleonora Redaelli)....Pages 155-188 Connecting Arts and Place in American Cities (Eleonora Redaelli)....Pages 189-201 Back Matter ....Pages 203-239