Cultural Capitals: Revaluing the Arts, Remaking Urban Spaces (Re-Materialising Cultural Geography)

This Is A Book About The Power Of The Arts To Enhance City Images, Urban Economies And Communities. Anchored In Academic Discussion Of The Cultural Industries - What They Are, How They Have Emerged, Why They Matter And How They Should Be Theorized - The Book Offers A Series Of Case Studies Drawn From Five Countries: Australia, Singapore, Spain, The Uk And The Us To Examine How The Arts Contribute To Sustainable Urban Regeneration.--book Cover. Creating Value, Valuing Creativity -- Conceptualising The Cultural Industries/cultural Capitals -- The Emergence Of Cultural Capitals -- Glasgow: Cultural Tourism And Design -- Bilbao: The Guggenheim And The Post-modern City Of Spectacle -- Singapore: Post-colonial City Of Cultural Heritage And Performance -- Geelong As A Cultural Capital? Down Under Echoes -- Cultural Capitals: Re-valuing The Arts, Re-making Sustainable City Spaces. Louise C. Johnson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [253]-274) And Index. Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 1 Creating Value, Valuing Creativity......Page 14 2 Conceptualising the Cultural Industries/Cultural Capitals......Page 34 3 The Emergence of Cultural Capitals......Page 66 4 Glasgow: Cultural Tourism and Design......Page 96 5 Bilbao: The Guggenheim and Post-modern City of Spectacle......Page 134 6 Singapore: Post-colonial City of Cultural Heritage and Performance......Page 166 7 Geelong as a Cultural Capital? Down Under Echoes......Page 204 8 Cultural Capitals: Re-valuing the Arts and Re-making Sustainable City Spaces......Page 246 References......Page 264 Index......Page 286 This work is about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies & communities. Anchored in academic discussion of the cultural industries, it offers a series of case studies drawn from five countries - Australia, Singapore, Spain, UK, US - to support an argument for the arts contributing to sustainable urban regeneration Offers a series of case studies drawn from five countries (Australia, Singapore, Spain, UK, US) to support an argument for the arts contributing to sustainable urban regeneration. This book presents original theorizations of cultural capital and sustainable development This book is about the power of the arts to enhance city images, urban economies and communities. It offers a series of five case studies to examine how the arts contribute to sustainable urban regeneration