Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life (Community Development Research and Practice Series) - Softcover

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9781032758725: Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life (Community Development Research and Practice Series)
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ISBN 10: 1032758724 ISBN 13: 9781032758725
Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies. Chapter authors are artists, activists, curators, and teachers applying creative and cultural practices in deliberate efforts to build democratic ways of working and interacting in their communities in a range of countries including the United States, Australia, Portugal, Nepal, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The book demonstrates how creativity is integrated in place-based actions, aesthetic strategies, learning environments, and civic processes. As long-time champions and observers of community-based creative and cultural practices, editors Tom Borrup and Andrew Zitcer elucidate work that not only responds to sociopolitical conditions but advances practice. They call on artists, funders, cultural organizations, community groups, educational institutions, government, and others to engage in and support this work that fosters a culture of democracy.

This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in the humanities and social sciences, activists, funders, and artists who seek to understand and effect change on local and global scales to preserve, extend, and improve practices of democracy.

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About the Author

Tom Borrup is Senior Lecturer and Director of Graduate Studies for the Arts and Cultural Leadership and Civic Engagement Programs at the University of Minnesota and a community and cultural planning consultant.

Andrew Zitcer is an associate professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, where he directs the Urban Strategy graduate program.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032758724
ISBN 13 
9781032758725
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
264
Editor
Borrup Tom, Zitcer Andrew

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