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Title Whose culture is it, anyway? : community engagement in small cities / edited by W.F. Garrett-Petts, James Hoffman, Ginny Ratsoy
Published Vancouver New Star Books, 2014

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Description xxv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents Contents note continued: "The Economic Impact of the Creative Sector in Kelowna, British Columbia" / Bernard Momer -- "Untold Stories Art Research Project: Legacy" / Ila Crawford -- "Out of the Shadows: An Inner-City Community Creates a Shadow Play Exploring the Roots of Addiction" / Savannah Walling -- ̀"Better Than Sex': Sweet Spots, Systems and Openings at the Online Conference on the Art of Engagement" / Caffyn Kelley -- "Flexible Art Worlds --- Iterations of the Arts Organizations Diagram" / Adelheid Mers
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I ISSUES IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT -- "Small Cities, Big Ideas" / Lucy Lippard -- "Cultural Indicators and Benchmarks in Community Indicator Projects" / Nancy Duxbury -- "The Politics of ̀the Arts' in the Small City: Contexts and Prospects" / Christopher Walmsley -- "Art or Activism: The Dilemma of Performing Ponteix" / Kathleen Irwin -- SECTION II RECOLLECTIONS OF ENGAGEMENT -- "I was driving in 2 hundrid mil hous in th karibu northern bc" / Bill Bissett -- "poetry night in Kamloops" / Alexander Forbes -- "RE GROUP" and "BRIBES" / Si Transken -- "Walking Through Kamloops: Getting to Know the Neighbourhood" / Bruce Baugh -- "My Morning Walk" / Ernie Kroeger -- SECTION III CASE STUDIES -- "Engaging Community Through the Arts: A Collaborative Learning Approach to Community Development" / Barry P. Brockley -- "Brownfield Sites: Problem --- or Possibility?" / Judith Miller --
Summary This book, in focusing on community engagement in the arts in small cities, offers particular and theoretical perspectives on small cities in Canada and beyond
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject City and town life.
Sociology, Urban.
Author Garrett-Petts, W. F. (William Francis), 1954- editor
Hoffman, James F., editor
Ratsoy, Ginny, editor
LC no. 2014472612
ISBN 9781554200870 (paperback)
9781554200887 (epub)
9781554200900 (mobi)