There has been much written on the new creative economy, but most work focuses on the so-called 'creative class,' with lifestyle preferences that favor trendy new restaurants, mountain biking, and late night clubbing. This 'creative class,' flagship cultural destinations, and other forms of commodity-driven cultural production, now occupy a relatively uncritical place in the revitalization schemes of most cities up and down the urban hierarchy. In contrast, this book focuses on small- to medium-size post-industrial cities in the US, Canada, and Europe that are trying to redress the effects of deindustrialization and economic decline through cultural economic regeneration.
Contents: Introduction: examining the creative economy in post-industrial cities: alternatives to blueprinting Soho, Myrna Margulies Breitbart; Part I Exploring Alternatives to the Cultural a Buzza (TM): Scale, sociality and serendipity in Providence, Rhode Islanda (TM)s post-industrial renaissance, Micah Salkind; 'Lofty Artists' v a El Oro del Barrioa (TM): crafting community and a sustainable economic future in the Paper City, Myrna Margulies Breitbart; From post to poster to post-industrial: cultural networks and eclectic creative practice in Peterborough and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Alison Bain and Dylann McLean; Learning from the post-industrial transition in northern England: alternative developments in the visual arts (1979-2008), Gabriel N. Gee; Halo over Barnsley: centering the margins in the transformation of a former mining community, Myrna Margulies Breitbart. Part II Moving Beyond Neoliberal Methodologies in the Study and Practice of Creative Economy Planning: Creative revitalization as a community affair, Arturo E. Osorio; Creative communities and everyone else: towards a dialogic understanding of creativity after Liverpoola (TM)s Capital of Culture year, Susan Fitzpatrick; Active ageing: creative interventions in urban regeneration, Sophie Handler; Access as the a gorgeous norma (TM): creating spaces that inspire ownership through occupation, A conversation between Liza Fior and Myrna Margulies Breitbart; Afterword: moving towards a creative sustainabilitya (TM) in post-industrial communities, Myrna Margulies Breitbart; Index.
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