The creative fire: An interactional framework for rural arts-based development

Balfour, Bruce; Fortunato, Michael W-P; Alter, Theodore R.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.11.002

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“…Similarly, stakeholders expressed concerns about the risk that the proposed plan, involving various initiatives around food and art, could accentuate the city's existing social disparities and further marginalise vulnerable people. Whilst we can talk about the power of art to transform communities or societies, we should also consider who effectively has access to the arts (Balfour et al [15]). The cultural capital demised by formal schooling, education and the family, is distributed unequally across local communities and perpetuates social differences [55].…”

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“…Assuming that inclusive decision-making can guarantee more effective urban interventions [11,12], two prominent ideas on how to better connect cities and the surrounding rural areas have emerged in the stakeholders' debate: first, the restructuring and reorganisation of food production, supply and consumption networks [13,14]; second, the use of art, in all its forms, as a means of activating processes of development in both urban and rural areas [15,16]. Food systems' design-which carries implications in terms of public health, social justice and environmental protection [17]-and the use of art as a tool to build inclusive communities, are both strategies that implicitly or explicitly act to strengthen urban and rural resilience.…”

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Building Resilience: An Art–Food Hub to Connect Local Communities

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Resilience thinking is an appropriate framework when assessing the transitional potential of complex urban systems. The transformation of abandoned spaces into local hubs attracting new and innovative activities and events promotes a socioeconomic renaissance in urban communities, by stimulating adaptation to change, enhancing local resilience and strengthening urban–rural links. Under the conceptual umbrella of resilience thinking, the present study illustrates the outcomes of an integrated program of research-action aimed at urban regeneration in a medium-sized, economically disadvantaged city in Southern Italy (Battipaglia, Campania). The transformation of an abandoned building into an ‘Art–Food Hub’—a multi-purpose and creative cultural space—based on resilience thinking was the specific case analyzed in our study. Appropriate stakeholders were identified and involved in a series of field activities and workshops, with the final objective of informing a comprehensive strategy strengthening awareness to change and capacity building. More specifically, stakeholder involvement was carried out with two aims: first, to make stakeholders active participants in co-designing a Strategic Urban Planning Document for Battipaglia and, second, to evaluate to what extent the proposed initiative contributes to building local resilience. By explicitly considering cross-scale drivers of community resilience, the results of this study show how the concept of resilience can be practically applied to policy formulation and implementation.

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“…Much of the research has been on arts‐based development, and how art and creativity might support economic growth, rural entrepreneurship, new networks and positive community transformations in support of sustainability (see also Balfour et al . ; Mahon et al . ).…”

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“…Much of the research has been on arts-based development, and how art and creativity might support economic growth, rural entrepreneurship, new networks and positive community transformations in support of sustainability (see also Balfour et al 2016;Mahon et al 2018). Sometimes this is contextualised within the context of Ray's (2001) 'cultural economy' to highlight local distinctive resources (inclusive of visual arts, drama and crafts) as part of territorial development strategies that put art and culture at the heart of the development process.…”

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Researching Rural Housing: With an Artist in Residence

Gkartzios

Crawshaw

2019

Sociologia Ruralis

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This article presents a unique amalgam across artistic research and rural sociology. We draw on a collaborative art residence programme between a University and an arts organisation in England, which invited an artist to respond to a highly contentious topic in rural England: housing development. The ambition for the residency was, firstly, to provide new perspectives on rural housing research, and, secondly, to provide a space for engagement between the local community, planners and academics. Through our interdisciplinary collaboration, we explore how Sander Van Raemdonck’s artistic process worked towards these ambitions. The artistic practice involved a walk with the local community, a peripatos, in a post‐industrial site proposed for housing development. Drawing on the artistic practice, the interdisciplinary team developed then a second walk, a ‘walkshop’, to mediate between housing/planning experts and reflect on the experience of the artistic practice. Following those artists and social scientists that already utilise walking as a method, we argue that the artistic peripatos can support a multi‐sensory way of communicating, a way to get ‘under the skin of a place’. More critically, we argue that artist in residence programmes provide rich opportunity to develop interdisciplinary research with artists.

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“…Community kitchens and farmers markets have been identified as incubators for food-based entrepreneurship (Conner et al 2010;Phillips and Waring 2015). Additionally, arts-based incubators are beginning to emerge in the U.S. and worldwide, even in rural communities (Balfour et al 2018;Phillips 2004;Sung 2016).…”

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Placing Localized Entrepreneurial Hubs in the Field of Community Well-Being

Talmage

Kher

Cooley

2019

Int. Journal of Com. WB

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Entrepreneurial hubs in communities have moved beyond chambers of commerce to include coworking communities, incubators, and accelerators. The place for these localized entrepreneurial hubs in communities in the field of community well-being is not readily apparent. This perspective article proposes a place for localized entrepreneurial hubs in communities, especially small to midsize urban communities (<100,000 persons), in the community wellbeing literature. A literature review is undertaken to showcase relevant community wellbeing themes. Furthermore, a community case is shared to help craft a new indicators framework for analyzing localized entrepreneurial hubs' impact on community well-being. The article finishes by generating essential questions for use in future research on localized entrepreneurial hubs in community well-being research, policy, and practice.

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The creative fire: An interactional framework for rural arts-based development

Cited by 59 publications

References 60 publications

Building Resilience: An Art–Food Hub to Connect Local Communities

Building Resilience: An Art–Food Hub to Connect Local Communities

Researching Rural Housing: With an Artist in Residence

Placing Localized Entrepreneurial Hubs in the Field of Community Well-Being

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