Culture, democracy and the right to make art : the British community arts movement

Culture, democracy and the right to make art : the British community arts movement / edited by Alison Jeffers and Gerri Moriarty.

"Based on the words and experiences of the people involved, this book tells the story of the community arts movement in the UK, and, through a series of essays, assesses its influence on present day participatory arts practices. Part I offers the first comprehensive account of the movement, its...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jeffers, Alison, 1961- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint if Bloomsburg Publishing Pic, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Community arts projects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Artists and community > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Theatre studies.
Social & cultural history.
Drama & performing (Children's > Teenage)
Other performing arts.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.
Artists and community
Community arts projects
Art and Design.
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: The Community Arts Movement : Experimentation and Growth. The Community Arts Movement 1968-1986 / Alison Jeffers ; Community Arts, a Forty Year Apprenticeship : A View from England / Gerri Moriarty ; Craigmillar Festival, the Scottish Community Arts Movement of the 1970s and 1980s and its Impact : A View from Scotland / Andrew Crummy ; The Pioneers and the Welsh Community Arts Movement : A View from Wales / Nick Clements ; Grown from Shattered Glass : A View from Northern Ireland / Gerri Moriarty
  • Part 2: Cultural Democracy : Practices and Politics. Then and Now : Reflections on the Influence of the Community Arts Movement on Contemporary Community and Participatory Arts / Alison Jeffers ; Memories, Dreams, Reflections : Community Arts as Cultural Policy, the 1970s / Oliver Bennett ; From Handbooks to Live Labs : The Impact of Ideas in the 1970s and 1980s on the Training and Education of Community Artists Today / Janet Hetherington and Mark Webster
  • From Community Arts to the Socially Engaged Arts Commission / Sophie Hope
  • Cultural Democracy : Developing Technologies and Dividuality / Owen Kelly
  • Conclusion : Opening a New Space for Cultural Politics / Alison Jeffers and Gerri Moriarty.

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