Engagement in the City (eBook, ePUB)

How Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas
Redaktion: Hersey, Leigh N.; Bobick, Bryna

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Engagement in the City: How Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas provides readers with numerous examples of ways that the arts can contribute to community development. Through the diverse backgrounds of its contributing authors - representing artists, art educators, and public administration scholars - the role of arts is explored as a contributing factor in strengthening communities. The book shows that the arts have the potential to positively impact a wide variety of development interests, including economic, education, health, social capital, and of cultural. The book provides strategies and techniques for implementing successful arts-based projects, whether it be through public art initiatives, service-learning opportunities, or the development or cultural districts. Cross-sectoral collaboration is a key in many of these projects, making the book beneficial for artists and community leaders who seek ways to work together to improve their cities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793633910
• Artikelnr.: 61233259

Autorenporträt

Leigh N. Hersey is assistant professor and MPA coordinator at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Bryna Bobick is associate professor of art education at the University of Memphis

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Bryna Bobick & Leigh Hersey
Chapter 1: Does Arts Engagement Increase Empathy and Prosocial Behavior? A
Review of the Literature
Sara Konrath & Brian Kisida
Chapter 2: Public Outreach Innovation and Sustainability of Arts
Organizations in the Detroit Metropolitan Area
Alisa Moldavanova
Chapter 3: Art Controversy and Asset-Based Community Development: Cultural
Capital Flowing from Richard Serra's Tilted Art
Gordon Shockley & Ann Kotleba
Chapter 4: The Unique Value of the Arts in Civic Engagement: End-of-Life
Dialogue in Singapore from the Hospital to the 'Heartlands,'
Justin Lee, Hana Alhadad, Lim Tze Ming, Jae Andrew & Ngiam Su-Lin
Chapter 5: Herons on the Bayou: Bridging Communities through Art
Leigh Nanney Hersey & Brooke Foy
Chapter 6: Cultural Districts on the Horizon: The Intersection of Policy
and Practice Outside of Metropolitan Centers
B. Kathleen Gallagher
Chapter 7: Designing and Creating Programs of Promise
Kathy Marzilli Miraglia
Chapter 8: Teaching Resiliency: Prepari