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Beyond the Hype: Art and the City in Economic Crisis

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posted on 2024-02-08, 14:45 authored by Zafeirenia Brokalaki, Roberta Comunian
The paper explores art and the city beyond the ‘hype’ of large cultural investment, urban creative titles and cultural place branding programmes. It emphasises the importance of exploring the neglected perspective of the role that everyday culture can play in cities, especially in moments of crisis. It investigates Athens and the economic crisis that affected urban life in the last decade to consider the impact this has had on everyday cultural practices, arts institutions and the experience of the city. Drawing on de Certeau’s concept of everyday practice and using the case study of Athens Fringe Festival, we highlight how ordinary artistic practice and everyday creativity in the city can shape new patterns of cultural participation, urban dialogue and, possibly, cultural citizenship, in a moment of crisis. The paper concludes by arguing for the need to re-orient academic scholarship and future research agendas on art and the city towards everyday creative practice, moving beyond conventional city marketing and institutional, cultural regeneration discourses and strategies.

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School of Business, University of Leicester

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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City

Volume

25

Issue

3-4

Pagination

396 - 418

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

issn

1360-4813

eissn

1470-3629

Copyright date

2021

Available date

2024-02-07

Language

eng

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