Introduction: Urban challenges, cultural strategies, social values / Caterina Benincasa, Gianfranco Neri and Michele Trimarchi -- Urban strategies and social dynamics. Does public art matter? A Socratic exploration / Irene Litardi and Lavinia Pastore ; Art and territorial changes in the Italian experience / Valeria Morea ; Culture meets ecology in the public space : ‘triumphs and laments' on the Tiber / Tom Rankin -- Multiple cultures for urban governance. Built heritage and multiple identities in Mumbai : material culture and conservation practices / Clarissa Pelino ; The immigration issue in international debate on urban societies' changes / Domenica Moscato ; New maps for the desires of an emerging world / Ottavio Amaro and Marina Tornatora ; Entering the void : dialogues on art and urbanity / Arthur Clay and Monika Rut -- The urban fabric between intuitions and conflict. Art as a social performance in trans-media cities / Letteria G. Fassari ; Deaccessioning and re-locating : new options for museums / Federica Antonucci ; Public space and its challenges : a palimpsest for urban commons / Lidia Errante ; For a culture of urban commons : practices and policies / Verena Lenna and Michele Trimarchi.
Summary:
Emerging forms of alternative economy are changing the structure of society, redefining the relationship between centre and periphery in the urban fabric. In this context, the arts can play a crucial role in formulating a concept of complex and plural citizenship: This economic, social and cultural paradigm has the potential to overcome the conventional isolation of the arts and culture in ivory towers, and thereby to gradually make the urban fabric more fertile. This volume faces such sensitive issues by collating contributions from various disciplines: Economists, sociologists, urbanists, architects and creative artists offer a broad and deep assessment of urban dynamics and their visions for years to come.
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