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

Co-Creative Placekeeping in Los Angeles is a novel examination of Los Angeles-based socially engaged art (SEA) practitioners' equitable placekeeping efforts.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Bray Anne, Brettany Shannon, Brettany Sloane Shannon, Sloane David C.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032534114
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253411-4
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Theory of art, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ART / American / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, The Americas, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Urban communities / city life