Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Urban Creativity : Essays on interventions in public space

Hannerz, Erik LU and Bengtsen, Peter LU orcid (2024)
Abstract
Public space is fundamental to democracy. It is a common arena that we all have the right to use. In Urban Creativity, nine European researchers from different
disciplines describe how subcultures utilize public space. The authors draw on their backgrounds in different fields, including Sociology, Economy, Law, Art History & Visual Studies, and Urban Studies, to investigate unauthorized phenomena like graffiti and street art, the umbrella protests in Hong Kong, the Occupy movement and the free party movement. These are examples of interventions in the city that aim to temporarily or permanently change the meaning, function or accessibility of urban public space.

The book is partly a result of the work done in the... (More)
Public space is fundamental to democracy. It is a common arena that we all have the right to use. In Urban Creativity, nine European researchers from different
disciplines describe how subcultures utilize public space. The authors draw on their backgrounds in different fields, including Sociology, Economy, Law, Art History & Visual Studies, and Urban Studies, to investigate unauthorized phenomena like graffiti and street art, the umbrella protests in Hong Kong, the Occupy movement and the free party movement. These are examples of interventions in the city that aim to temporarily or permanently change the meaning, function or accessibility of urban public space.

The book is partly a result of the work done in the interdisciplinary Urban Creativity IAS Theme at The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University (2018-2019).
(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
editor
LU and LU orcid
organization
publishing date
type
Book/Report
publication status
published
subject
keywords
graffiti, street art, public art, public space, urban art, urban creativity, rave culture, public transportation, Occupy movement, free party movement, the umbrella movement
pages
274 pages
publisher
Dokument Press
ISBN
978-91-89944-02-2
978-91-88369-92-5
project
The Urban Creativity Pufendorf IAS Theme
Urban Creativity Lund
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
1c314f8b-8850-4284-8e78-68d5273c3c88
date added to LUP
2020-04-09 13:43:31
date last changed
2024-09-30 10:28:29
@book{1c314f8b-8850-4284-8e78-68d5273c3c88,
  abstract     = {{Public space is fundamental to democracy. It is a common arena that we all have the right to use. In <i>Urban Creativity</i>, nine European researchers from different<br/>disciplines describe how subcultures utilize public space. The authors draw on their backgrounds in different fields, including Sociology, Economy, Law, Art History &amp; Visual Studies, and Urban Studies, to investigate unauthorized phenomena like graffiti and street art, the umbrella protests in Hong Kong, the Occupy movement and the free party movement. These are examples of interventions in the city that aim to temporarily or permanently change the meaning, function or accessibility of urban public space.<br/><br/>The book is partly a result of the work done in the interdisciplinary Urban Creativity IAS Theme at The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University (2018-2019).<br/>}},
  editor       = {{Hannerz, Erik and Bengtsen, Peter}},
  isbn         = {{978-91-89944-02-2}},
  keywords     = {{graffiti; street art; public art; public space; urban art; urban creativity; rave culture; public transportation; Occupy movement; free party movement; the umbrella movement}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{09}},
  note         = {{Book Editor}},
  publisher    = {{Dokument Press}},
  title        = {{Urban Creativity : Essays on interventions in public space}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}