Focus on festivals : contemporary European case studies and perspectives / edited by Chris Newbold, Christopher Maughan, Jennie Jordan and Franco Bianchini

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Publication details: Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers, cop. 2015Description: xxvi, 304 pISBN:

9781910158166

Summary: This book presents a contemporary overview of our most ubiquitous cultural phenomena - festivals. It is able to do so by taking a powerful and unique case-study focused, theoretically rigorous and pan-European approach. It comes from a hugely expert and experienced team of editors and authors drawn from across Europe and is based on the groundbreaking work of the European Festival Research Project (EFRP). The EFRP and the book are focused on understanding the causes and implications of the current growth in festivals internationally, and the implications this has across major sectors ranging from tourism to culture. The key themes the books brings out are: The politics, programming, impacts, governance and management of festivals; The social, cultural, political, economic and physical contexts in which festivals operate; The potential of festivals to explore and stimulate a more risk-oriented approach to the arts; Key conclusions, trends, forecasts and recommendations for the sector in the future. The exciting range of real world examples and the mix of practical and academic contributions provides readers with a broad perspective across agendas from economic regeneration and tourism, to education and social inclusion. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 01482	1	Available		1900176994

Notes on Contributors -- Preface / Christopher Maughan -- Introduction: focusing on festivals / Chris Newbold, Jennie Jordan, Franco Bianchini, Christopher Maughan -- Section 1. Perspectives and Debates: Introduction / Christopher Maughan, Jennie Jordan -- 1. Festivals: Why, What, When? A case study of Berlin / Nele Hertling -- 2. Festivalisation: Patterns and Limits / Emmanuel Négrier -- 3. Festivals, Urbanity and the Public Sphere: reflections on European festivals / Monica Sassatelli -- 4. Festivals, Conformity and Socialisation / János Zoltán Szabó -- 5. Festivals as Communities of Practice: Learning by doing and knowledge networks amongst artists / Roberta Comunian -- 6. Festivals ofTransition: Greenlight Festival Leicester / Richard Fletcher -- Section 2. Leadership and Management: Introduction / Jennie Jordan -- 7. How to Flow / Satu Silvanto -- 8. Romaeuropa Festival: A Case Study / Lucio Argano -- 9. Festival Leadership in TurbulentTimes / Jennie Jordan -- 10. Mladi levi Festival - Reflections and Memories / Nevenska Koprivsek -- 11. The Diggers' Festival: Organising a community festival with political connotations / Jacqui Norton -- 12. Volunteering for Festivals: Why and How? / Anne-Marie Autissier -- 13. Festival City - Rotterdam / David Dooghe -- Section 3. Impacts, Communities and Places: Introduction / Chris Newbold -- 14. The Enchanted City: Holstebro Festive Week - an experiential and social cultural space / Kathrine Winkelhorn -- 15. Operaestate Festival Veneto: A socio-cultural and economic analysis / Luisella Carnelli -- 16. Street Performance: The unintended consequences of festivals / Floriane Gaber -- 17. Diaspora Community Festivals and Tourism / Yi Fu, Philip Long, Rhodri Thomas -- 18. Mela in the UK: A 'travelled and habituated' festival / Rakesh Kaushal, Chris Newbold -- 19. A View from Australia / Robyn Archer -- Section 4. The Future of Festivals: Introduction / Franco Bianchini, Christopher Maughan -- 20. Festivals in the Network Society / Greg Richards -- 21. The Public Festival: Inspiration and interconnectivity at the heart of festivals / Kathrin Deventer -- 22. Belonging and Unbelonging: The cultural purpose of festivals / Tessa Gordziejko -- 23. Transnational Festivals, a European alternative: Les Boréales and Reims Scenes d'Europe / Anne-Marie Autissier -- 24. The Future of European Festivals / Bernard Faivre d'Arcier -- 25. Some Reflections on the Future of Festival Practice in Europe / Steve Austen -- Author Index -- Subject Index

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