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OverviewIn the late 1990s, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside became the setting for three monuments – Crab Park Boulder, Marker of Change, and Standing with Courage, Strength and Pride. The monuments were grassroots initiatives that challenged the norms of civic art by claiming a place in public space for society’s most vulnerable groups, and each figured in debates about many kinds of violence. This vivid account of the creation of memory-scapes in a marginalized community offers unique insights into the links between power, public space, and social memory and asks us to reconsider what constitutes public art that will “speak for a long time.” Emphasizing the resilience and agency of artists, activists, and residents, Adrienne Burk shows that grassroots activism can give the socially marginalized a visible presence in our urban landscapes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adrienne L. BurkPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9780774816984ISBN 10: 0774816988 Pages: 212 Publication Date: 12 May 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Act Marker of Change/ A l'aube du changement CRAB Park Boulder Standing with Courage, Strength and Pride Part 2: Frame Public Space, Social Order and Visibility Memory: Blending the Personal and the Social Monuments: Permanence and Memory A Geographic Sensibility Part 3: Forge Continuousness of the Issue Acknowledging the Unseen Consolidating Claims of Community Design Features Street Smarts Proposition: A Politics of Visibility References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAdrienne L. Burk is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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