Festival City

Author : Sarah Thomasson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783031090943

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The Festival Cities of Edinburgh and Adelaide by Sarah Thomasson Pdf

The Festival Cities of Edinburgh and Adelaide examines how these cities’ world-famous arts events have shaped and been shaped by their long-term interaction with their urban environments. While the Edinburgh International Festival and Adelaide Festival are long-established, prestigious events that champion artistic excellence, they are also accompanied by the two largest open-access fringe festivals in the world. It is this simultaneous staging of multiple events within Edinburgh’s Summer Festivals and Adelaide’s Mad March that generates the visibility and festive atmosphere popularly associated with both places. Drawing on perspectives from theatre studies and cultural geography, this book interrogates how the Festival City, as a place myth, has developed in the very different local contexts of Edinburgh and Adelaide, and how it is challenged by groups competing for the right to use and define public space. Each chapter examines a recent performative event in which festival debates and controversies spilled out beyond the festival space to activate the public sphere by intersecting with broader concerns and audiences. This book forges an interdisciplinary, comparative framework for festival studies to interrogate how festivals are embedded in the social and political fabric of cities and to assess the cultural impact of the festivalisation phenomenon.

Author : John R. Gold,Margaret M. Gold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000318906

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Festival Cities by John R. Gold,Margaret M. Gold Pdf

Festivals have always been part of city life, but their relationship with their host cities has continually changed. With the rise of industrialization, they were largely considered peripheral to the course of urban affairs. Now they have become central to new ways of thinking about the challenges of economic and social change, as well as repositioning cities within competitive global networks. In this timely and thought-provoking book, John and Margaret Gold provide a reflective and evidence-based historical survey of the processes and actors involved, charting the ways that regular festivals have now become embedded in urban life and city planning. Beginning with David Garrick’s rain-drenched Shakespearean Jubilee and ending with Sydney’s flamboyant Mardi Gras celebrations, it encompasses the emergence and consolidation of city festivals. After a contextual historical survey that stretches from Antiquity to the late nineteenth century, there are detailed case studies of pioneering European arts festivals in their urban context: Venice’s Biennale, the Salzburg Festival, the Cannes Film Festival and Edinburgh’s International Festival. Ensuing chapters deal with the worldwide proliferation of arts festivals after 1950 and with the ever-increasing diversifycation of carnival celebrations, particularly through the actions of groups seeking to assert their identity. The conclusion draws together the book’s key themes and sketches the future prospects for festival cities. Lavishly illustrated, and copiously researched, this book is essential reading not just for urban geographers, social historians and planners, but also for anyone interested in contemporary festival and events tourism, urban events strategy, urban regeneration regeneration, or simply building a fuller understanding of the relationship between culture, planning and the city.

Author : Andrew Smith,Guy Osborn,Bernadette Quinn
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781914386459

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Festivals and the City by Andrew Smith,Guy Osborn,Bernadette Quinn Pdf

This book explores how festivals and events affect urban places and public spaces, with a particular focus on their role in fostering inclusion. The ‘festivalisation’ of culture, politics and space in cities is often regarded as problematic, but this book examines the positive and negative ways that festivals affect cities by examining festive spaces as contested spaces. The book focuses on Western European cities, a particularly interesting context given the social and cultural pressures associated with high levels of in-migration and concerns over the commercialisation and privatisation of public spaces. The key themes of this book are the quest for more inclusive urban spaces and the contested geographies of festival spaces and places. Festivals are often used by municipal authorities to break down symbolic barriers that restrict who uses public spaces and what those spaces are used for. However, the rise of commercial festivals and ticketed events means that they are also responsible for imposing physical and financial obstacles that reduce the accessibility of city parks, streets and squares. Alongside addressing the contested effects of urban festivals on the character and inclusivity of public spaces, the book addresses more general themes including the role of festivals in culture-led regeneration. Several chapters analyse festivals and events as economic development tools, and the book also covers contested representations of festival cities and the ways related images and stories are used in place marketing. A range of cases from Western Europe are used to explore these issues, including chapters on some of the world’s most significant and contested festival cities: Venice, Edinburgh, London and Barcelona. The book covers a wide range of festivals, including those dedicated to music and the arts, but also events celebrating particular histories, identities and pastimes. A series of fascinating cases are discussed - from the Venice Biennale and Dublin Festival of History, to Rotterdam’s music festivals and craft beer festivals in Manchester. The diverse and innovative qualities of the book are also evident in the range of urban spaces covered: obvious examples of public spaces – such as parks, streets, squares and piazzas – are addressed, but the book includes chapters on enclosed public spaces (e.g., libraries) and urban blue spaces (waterways) too. This reflects the interpretation of public spaces as socio-material entities: they are produced informally through their use (including for festivals and events), as well as through their formal design and management.

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
ISBN : UOM:39015027007486

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Official Master Register of Bicentennial Activities by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211286286

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Official Master Register of Bicentennial Activities. Jan. 1975 by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : UCBK:C021093742

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Index of Bicentennial Activities by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1976-06
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : IND:30000098611530

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Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : UOM:39015027006967

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Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128836132

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Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events, June 1975 by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : UOM:39015027007494

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Master Register of Bicentennial Projects, February 1976 by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : MINN:31951D02881595H

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The Bicentennial of the United States of America by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : Jonathan R. Wynn
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226305660

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Music/City by Jonathan R. Wynn Pdf

Austin’s famed South by Southwest is far more than a festival celebrating indie music. It’s also a big networking party that sparks the imagination of hip, creative types and galvanizes countless pilgrimages to the city. Festivals like SXSW are a lot of fun, but for city halls, media corporations, cultural institutions, and community groups, they’re also a vital part of a complex growth strategy. In Music/City, Jonathan R. Wynn immerses us in the world of festivals, giving readers a unique perspective on contemporary urban and cultural life. Wynn tracks the history of festivals in Newport, Nashville, and Austin, taking readers on-site to consider different festival agendas and styles of organization. It’s all here: from the musician looking to build her career to the mayor who wants to exploit a local cultural scene, from a resident’s frustration over corporate branding of his city to the music executive hoping to sell records. Music/City offers a sharp perspective on cities and cultural institutions in action and analyzes how governments mobilize massive organizational resources to become promotional machines. Wynn’s analysis culminates with an impassioned argument for temporary events, claiming that when done right, temporary occasions like festivals can serve as responsive, flexible, and adaptable products attuned to local places and communities.

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : NYPL:33433044432445

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Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events, September 1976 by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : UOM:39015027007478

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Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events : West of the Mississippi River by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford Business Group
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781907065408

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The Report: Egypt 2011 by Anonim Pdf