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A “Motor” for the Neighbourhood? Urban Planning and the Challenges of Relocating Cultural Infrastructures

Mager, Christoph ORCID iD icon 1; Wagner, Madeleine ORCID iD icon
1 Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie (IFGG), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

In the past 40 years, alternative cultural institutions have been established in many Western welfare states to respond locally to the social and urban crises that have arisen in the post-war era. Community centres and workshops for local history and youth offer new opportunities for cultural and social participation and complement the offerings at more traditional cultural infrastructures such as art museums, theatres, and opera houses. Initially borne of grassroots movements that struggled for political recognition and necessary resources in protracted disputes with municipal authorities, these facilities now play important roles in the cultural landscape of many cities. In response to calls for a “democratisation of culture” and social development programmes targeting urban geographical inequalities, these institutions provide accessible and persistent spaces for socialisation, cultural empowerment, and negotiating community concerns. These facilities are often located on brownfields and are material manifestations of socioeconomic change and urban regeneration. Using the relocation of an established socio-cultural centre to a new neighbourhood in the city of Heidelberg, Germany, as an example, we seek to understand the evolving ways political and social relations are formed, negotiated, and challenged through cultural infrastructures. ... mehr


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000155423
Veröffentlicht am 31.01.2023
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.17645/up.v7i4.5733
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Zitationen: 2
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Cover der Publikation
Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie (IFGG)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2022
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2183-7635
KITopen-ID: 1000155423
Erschienen in Urban Planning
Verlag Cogitatio Press
Band 7
Heft 4
Seiten 470-485
Bemerkung zur Veröffentlichung Gefördert durch den KIT-Publikationsfonds
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 25.10.2022
Schlagwörter cultural infrastructure; embeddedness; Germany; Heidelberg; neighbourhood; relocation; urban cultural policy; urban planning
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