Cultures of Participation Arts, Digital Media and Cultural Institutions

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2021
• Subjects: Arts and society; Culture; Social Participation
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This book examines cultural participation from three different, but interrelated perspectives: participatory art and aesthetics; participatory digital media, and participatory cultural policies and institutions. The book will be of interest to academics in the areas of museum studies, media and comm...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Introduction: Cultures of participation Part I: Participatory art and aesthetics Chapter Two: Performance, public (re) assembly, and civic re-enactment Chapter Three: Autonomy and collectivity at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Japan Chapter Four: Cross-cultural collaboration: Modes of participation for co-creation of the urban public space Chapter Five: Art and local communities: Inclusion, interests and ownership in participatory art projects with embroiderers and billiard players Part II: Digital media and technology Chapter Six: VR - the culture of (non)participation? Reframing the participative edge of virtual reality Chapter Seven: Photo-sharing as participatory surveillance Chapter Eight: Medialities of participation in sound art Chapter Nine: The participatory patient: Exploring the platformed multivalence and public value of cancer storytelling on social media Part III: Cultural policy and institutions Chapter Ten: The "problem" of participation in cultural policy Chapter Eleven: Public participation and agency in art museums Chapter Twelve: Reordering and re-performing: Re-placing cultural participation and re-viewing well-being measures Chapter Thirteen: Diving into the archive: Google Cultural Institute & the cultural politics of participation