1st Edition

Co-Creative Placekeeping in Los Angeles Artists and Communities Working Together

232 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Co-Creative Placekeeping in Los Angeles is a novel examination of Los Angeles-based socially engaged art (SEA) practitioners’ equitable placekeeping efforts. A new concept, equitable placekeeping describes the inclination of historically marginalized community members to steward their neighborhood’s development, improve local amenities, engage in social and cultural production, and assert a... Read more

Interviews

List of figures

List of maps

Preface by Roberto Bedoya

Acknowledgements

 

1.     Introduction: Co-Creative Art and Equitable Placekeeping

2.    Community

             Principles: Agency, Voice, and Education

             Artists: LAPD à Ben Caldwell à Public Matters

 

3.    Engagement

Principles: Reflexivity, Communication, Continuity, and Trust

Artists: Public Matters à Slanguage à Tricia Ward

 

4.    Relationships

Principles: Connections, Reliance, and Co-Production

Artists: Rosten Woo à Tricia Ward àSarah Daleiden à Fabián Wagmister

 

5.    Defiance

Principles: Subversion, Unity, and Resistance

Artists: Fabián Wagmister à Sarah Daleiden à Ben Caldwell à LAPD and Rosten Woo

 

6.     Conclusion: Co-Creative Art and the Just City

References

Index

Biography

Brettany Shannon, urban scholar, California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona; California State University, Northridge; and Woodbury University. Shannon researches the intersection of art, technology, public space, and community participation.

David C. Sloane, Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California. Sloane studies evolving historical cultural landscapes and environmental inequities regarding mourning/commemoration, food systems, health care, and crime—all elements of our urban life. He is best recognized as a leading expert on the history and contemporary issues in mourning, commemoration, and public space.

Anne Bray is a hybrid artist and founder/director of the public art organization LA Freewaves. She has instigated a series of projects in which artists and community residents interact and interchange perspectives on their worlds through art.