The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities

doi:10.1017/9781788214933

Cities are synonymous with the production and consumption of culture. It is their material and human cultural infrastructure that also makes them archives and works of art. The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities critically re-examines the relationship between the urban and its cultures. It expands our understanding of the concept of urban cultural infrastructure and highlights the foundational role of culture to the materiality and sociality of urban life and the governance of cities.

The book begins with a theoretical overview of the cultural and infrastructural turns in urban studies scholarship. It then explores definitions of cultural infrastructure and its 'hard' and 'soft' dimensions before critically considering the vulnerabilities generated in the cultural sector by the Covid-19 pandemic. Chapters are organised in four thematic sections focusing on aspects of producing, performing, consuming and collecting culture, which feature detailed case studies from 17 cities across the global North and South.

This book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of urban studies, but also to policy-makers planning and creating cultural infrastructures as well as those working in cultural institutions and creative industries.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Contributors
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1 - Introduction: configuring urban cultural infrastructure
pp 1-28
- By Alison L. Bain, Julie A. Podmore
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Part I - Producing Culture
pp 29-32
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2 - Clustering cultural infrastructure in districts
pp 33-48
- By Alison L. Bain
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3 - The relational infrastructure of open creative labs
pp 49-60
- By Suntje Schmidt
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4 - Affordable studio space as cultural infrastructure: land trusts and the future of creative cities
pp 61-78
- By Rhian Scott, Luke Dickens, Phil Hubbard
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Part II - Performing Culture
pp 79-84
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5 - The infrastructural politics of post-pandemic theatrical performance
pp 85-98
- By Megan A. Johnson, Marlis Schweitzer
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6 - The performative contingency of cultural infrastructure
pp 99-112
- By Jessie Stein
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7 - Embodying cultural infrastructure in Carnival
pp 113-126
- By Martha Radice
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8 - Youthful city-making through peripheral cultural infrastructure
pp 127-142
- By Antonio Moya-Latorre
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Part III - Consuming Culture
pp 143-148
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9 - Hawker culture and its infrastructure: experiences and contestations in everyday life
pp 149-160
- By Lily Kong, Aidan Wong
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10 - Aestheticizing hipster retail infrastructure: from Neapolitan to cosmopolitan
pp 161-170
- By Bryan Mark
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11 - Crafting alternative urban fashion infrastructure in a digital and pandemic age?
pp 171-182
- By Taylor Brydges, Deborah Leslie, Norma M. Rantisi
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12 - Embodying arts festivals as infrastructural transformation of places
pp 183-200
- By Bernadette Quinn
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Part IV - Collecting Culture
pp 201-206
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13 - Infrastructuring museums
pp 207-218
- By Friederike Landau-Donnelly
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14 - Becoming socio-cultural infrastructure: librarizing practices in public libraries
pp 219-228
- By Rianne van Melik
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15 - Queer counter-topographies: LGBTQ+ community-based archives as urban cultural infrastructure
pp 229-242
- By Julie A. Podmore
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16 - Conclusion: reconfiguring urban cultural infrastructure
pp 243-258
- By Alison L. Bain, Julie A. Podmore, Chan Arun-Pina
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References
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Contributors
pp vii-viii

1 - Introduction: configuring urban cultural infrastructure
pp 1-28

Part I - Producing Culture
pp 29-32

2 - Clustering cultural infrastructure in districts
pp 33-48

3 - The relational infrastructure of open creative labs
pp 49-60

4 - Affordable studio space as cultural infrastructure: land trusts and the future of creative cities
pp 61-78

Part II - Performing Culture
pp 79-84

5 - The infrastructural politics of post-pandemic theatrical performance
pp 85-98

6 - The performative contingency of cultural infrastructure
pp 99-112

7 - Embodying cultural infrastructure in Carnival
pp 113-126

8 - Youthful city-making through peripheral cultural infrastructure
pp 127-142

Part III - Consuming Culture
pp 143-148

9 - Hawker culture and its infrastructure: experiences and contestations in everyday life
pp 149-160

10 - Aestheticizing hipster retail infrastructure: from Neapolitan to cosmopolitan
pp 161-170

11 - Crafting alternative urban fashion infrastructure in a digital and pandemic age?
pp 171-182

12 - Embodying arts festivals as infrastructural transformation of places
pp 183-200

Part IV - Collecting Culture
pp 201-206

13 - Infrastructuring museums
pp 207-218

14 - Becoming socio-cultural infrastructure: librarizing practices in public libraries
pp 219-228

15 - Queer counter-topographies: LGBTQ+ community-based archives as urban cultural infrastructure
pp 229-242

16 - Conclusion: reconfiguring urban cultural infrastructure
pp 243-258

References
pp 259-282

Index
pp 283-291

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