[csaa-forum] Call for papers for a panel at CSAA 2015 on 'Pop-Up Economies: Placemaking, urban sociality and the politics and cultures of transitory public spaces'

[Susan Luckman]

Dear CSAA list members,

I'm keen to hear from anyone who may be interested in joining a panel at this year's CSAA Conference ('Minor Culture' http://culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/events/minor-culture-conference) on:
Pop-Up Economies:
Placemaking, urban sociality and the politics and cultures of transitory public spaces

For several decades now, creativity-led urban regeneration and social inclusion strategies have become established mainstays of governmental policy. Originally focused on attracting and keeping the desirable knowledge workers seen as essential to economic growth in the new economy, this wave of interest now embraces the arts and creativity as drivers of urban economies. The need to innovate, and renovate, in this way has been felt especially strongly in cities, regions and suburbs hit hard by the move of manufacturing to offshore locations where labour is cheaper. Cities such as Detroit, Manchester and here in Australia, Newcastle and Adelaide, have embraced the festivalisation of public space and the nurturing of creative micro-enterprise as the 'shock troops' of urban renewal. More recently, the figure of the 'pop-up' event or venue has entered into this space. Fitting in well alongside renewed interest in localised economies around food (farmers markets) and the handmade (maker's fairs), the 'pop-up' has emerged as a specific cultural phenomenon. Somehow differentiating the stylised retro gourmet burger caravan from a local kebab demountable, the idea of the 'pop-up' is resonant with markers of cultural value which this panel wishes to explore. What is at stake here? Why is the idea of a 'pop-up' as a transitory, and hence ephemeral, site for (cultural) consumption so appealing to participants and policy-makers? And importantly, is it culturally, economically or politically sustainable?

Proposals are due July 1, so if you are interested, please contact me before the end of May via susan.luckman at unisa.edu.au<mailto:susan.luckman at unisa.edu.au>.

Cheers, Susan


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professor susan luckman
professor: cultural studies
school of communication, international studies and languages

university of south australia

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