Published on Jun 29, 2015
On June 1-2, 2015, Cultural Policy Center staff and advisory committee members gathered at the University of Chicago's Center in Paris for two days of presentations and discussions with European colleagues about urban cultural projects—variously identified as “creative placemaking,” “urban regeneration,” or “culture-led development.”
The terms may be different, but collectively they refer to the broad range of artistic and cultural projects and activities that are being strategically cultivated in local neighborhoods, towns, cities, and regions to spur economic, social, and community development and to animate social spaces with a distinctive sense of place and cultural vitality.
Read the summary report, and browse our graphic event summary, which captured and mapped the convening's key issues.
Participants
Robert Albro Research Associate Professor, Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, American University
Jamie Bennett Executive Director, ArtPlace America
Terry Nichols Clark Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
Robert Chaskin Associate Professor and Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, School of Social Service Administration, and Faculty Director, Urban Network, University of Chicago
Betty Farrell Executive Director, Cultural Policy Center, and Senior Lecturer, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Laurent Fleury Professeur des Universités (1st class), Paris Diderot University / Sorbonne Paris Cité
Beatriz Garcia Head of Research, Institute of Cultural Capital, University of Liverpool
Yuhhishthir Raj Isar Professor of Cultural Policy Studies, American University of Paris; Adjunct Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney
Jenny Johannisson Associate Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Borås, Sweden
Kate Lorenz Executive Director, Hyde Park Art Center
Boris Meggiorin Head of International Development, SAMOA, the redevelopment agency of the Island of Nantes, France
Jennifer Novak-Leonard Research Manager, Cultural Policy Center, University of Chicago
Michelle Olson Consultant, Cultural Policy Center, University of Chicago
Davide Ponzini Associate Professor of Urban Planning, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano
Marcin Poprawski Assistant Professor, Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; and co-founder, ROK AMU Culture Observatory research center
Gwendolyn Rugg Program Coordinator, Cultural Policy Center, University of Chicago
Pier Luigi Sacco Professor of Cultural Economics, IULM University, Milan
Stephen Sawyer Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, American University of Paris
Milena Dragićević Šešić Professor of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy, University of Arts, Belgrade
Daniel Silver Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto