Festivalisation of Urban Spaces

Cudny, Waldemar

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-31997-1

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“…So whilst cultural festivals and events have become a significant driver for the growth, revitalisation, and regeneration of urban cityscapes, and a generator of sociocultural assets for localised consumption, these transformations have led to growing concerns around place authenticity and questions of a 'festivalisation' of urban spaces (Cudny, 2016). An emphasis of the complex notion of culture in the revitalisation of place, could inflict unrealistic pressures on host communities.…”

Section: Using Culture As An Interventionist Strategy In Placementioning

confidence: 99%

Bidding for UK city of culture

Cunningham

Platt

2019

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Purpose The UK city of culture (UKCoC) scheme developed out of Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008 and is synonymous with urban renewal. The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges of bidding for this scheme. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with bid team members from four out of the five short-listed cities for the 2021 award. Respondents were situated across the country and, at the time, finalising their Stage 2 bids. Thematic analysis was conducted to analyse the responses. Findings The UKCoC scheme is a top-down scheme which is delivered “in place”. The danger of the top-down vision is that local people cannot often conceptualise what it might mean within the context of their own locality. The findings here suggest that bid team members are attempting to do this despite obvious time pressures. The research presented here suggests that cities are reconciling the top-down, criteria-led nature of the scheme with a real reflection on how to make that work for their locality which is distinctive. Social implications The UKCoC scheme has proved to galvanise communities to reflect on the nature of their places and think about what makes them unique in comparison to the other bidding cities. The bidding teams acknowledge the challenges of bidding but there is a sense that competing is worth the investment. Originality/value This paper offers a unique insight into a recent competitive placemaking scheme and reflects on how placemaking can potentially be reconciled as both top-down and place-based.

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Section: Using Culture As An Interventionist Strategy In Placementioning

confidence: 99%

Bidding for UK city of culture

Cunningham

Platt

2019

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“…These three professions are given much attention during such festival celebrations [5]. Because of the holidaying that often mark the festival period [34], a larger number of the farmers and fisher folks would be available for such environmental awareness and the provision of technical know-how on the modern scientific methods that ensure the sustainability and conservation of biodiversity.…”

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“…Owing to the fact that festivals are "full of rituals of entertainment" [34], the young adults interviewed in a focus group discussion suggested that the organi- …”

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Strategic Adaptation of Traditional Festivals for the Sustainable Development of the Biodiversity of Local Communities in Ghana

Adom¹

2017

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Traditional festivals in Ghana are cultural events that are primarily organized to venerate the ancestors while remembering iconic events in the history of ethnic societies. However, due to the deleterious condition of the environment and its biodiversity resources, there is a great potential of tactically tailoring these traditional festivals to halt this wanton destruction while ensuring the sustainable development of biodiversity. This is especially important in local communities where illegal mining activities and deforestation has soared up recently in Ghana. Three traditional festivals in Ghana, namely, the Opemso festival, Papa Nantwi festival and the Apoo festival of some ethnic societies in Ghana were phenomenologically studied in a qualitative research approach with the aim of directly observing and carefully investigating into how the traditional festivals could be used as platforms for achieving environmental sustainability. Sixty-six purposive sampled respondents, some of whom were personally interviewed, while others were interviewed in a Focus Group Discussion were involved in the study. The research revealed after the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the accrued data that traditional festivals, though earmarked for the exhibitions of the rich culture of ethnic societies, they could be harnessed as avenues for the sustainable development of local communities. The study, therefore tasks environmentalists, foresters, biodiversity conservation planners and environmental development agencies to liaise with local communities in mapping out pragmatic environmental sustainability programs to bring to cessation, the environmental malfeasance in Ghana.

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“…Urban scholars looked at festivals from different perspectives. Some researchers studied urban festivals as a way of strengthening the local identity, solidarity and pride or a way of re-establishing social cohesion and ties in the community where local people's personal identities are closely connected with their attachment to place (e. g. Quinn 2005;Jaeger and Mykletun 2013;Cudny 2016;Taylor and Kneafsey 2016). Others studied the role of festivals in the process of urban regeneration, marketing and branding with a focus on economic benefits.…”

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Cultural Heritage-Based Urban Festival as a Tool to Promote Local Identity and City Marketing

Bitušíková

2020

Nar. umjet. (Online)

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This paper deals with the processes of transformation of an urban festival – the Radvaň Fair in the city of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia – in a comprehensive way and from a chronological point of view. The main focus is on the development of the festival in the post-1989 (post-communist) period. The fair has been organised continuously since 1655 and went through a number of transformations. Its function has changed from a primarily commercial event of three centuries to a significant cultural and social hallmark festival in the 21st century. The key research questions concern the role of cultural heritage-based festival in identity building and city marketing, and the relationship between the festival and place (location). The paper also addresses the question of potential use/misuse of cultural heritage in current political discourse and practice.

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Festivalisation of Urban Spaces

Cited by 49 publications

References 72 publications

Bidding for UK city of culture

Bidding for UK city of culture

Strategic Adaptation of Traditional Festivals for the Sustainable Development of the Biodiversity of Local Communities in Ghana

Cultural Heritage-Based Urban Festival as a Tool to Promote Local Identity and City Marketing

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