DOES PUBLIC ART MATTER? A SOCRATIC EXPLORATION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Content 5
3. FOREWORD 7
4. INTRODUCTION: URBAN CHALLENGES, CULTURAL STRATEGIES, SOCIAL VALUES 9
5. 1. URBAN STRATEGIES AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS
6. DOES PUBLIC ART MATTER? A SOCRATIC EXPLORATION 15
7. ART AND TERRITORIAL CHANGES IN THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE 37
8. CULTURE MEETS ECOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC SPACE. ‘TRIUMPHS AND LAMENTS’ ON THE TIBER 49
9. 2. MULTIPLE CULTURES FOR URBAN GOVERNANCE
10. BUILT HERITAGE AND MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN MUMBAI. MATERIAL CULTURE AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES 69
11. THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IN INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ON URBAN SOCIETIES’ CHANGES 83
12. NEW MAPS FOR THE DESIRES OF AN EMERGING WORLD 101
13. ENTERING THE VOID. DIALOGUES ON ART AND URBANITY 127
14. 3. THE URBAN FABRIC BETWEEN INTUITIONS AND CONFLICT
15. ART AS A SOCIAL PERFORMANCE IN TRANS -MEDIA CITIES 163
16. DEACCESSIONING AND RE-LOCATING. NEW OPTIONS FOR MUSEUMS 181
17. PUBLIC SPACE AND ITS CHALLENGES. A PALIMPSEST FOR URBAN COMMONS 191
18. FOR A CULTURE OF URBAN COMMONS. PRACTICES AND POLICIES 205
19. About the authors 245