NEW-GENRE PUBLIC ART & PARTICIPATORY PLANNING FOR URBAN FUTURES

Date of Award

2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

Second Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Brain, David

Keywords

Public Participation, Art, Urban Development, Public Spaces

Area of Concentration

Urban Studies

Abstract

“New-genre public art” refers to contemporary artistic practice that emphasizes public participation, collaboration, and social intervention over traditional visual aesthetics. The rise of new-genre public art is paralleled by that of participatory planning techniques in urban development, which similarly aim to reactivate community, public space and political process in the twenty-first century. Examining new-genre public art and participatory planning together reveals contradictions in the way community, diversity, and urbanism and commonly conceptualized. This serves to challenge traditional visions of the city, and suggests a more disruptive approach to social life and civic engagement in the pursuit of sustainable and equitable urban environments.

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