Culture, Participation and Policy in the Municipal Public Park / / Abigail Gilmore

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910800121903321
• Autore: Gilmore Abigail
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 3-031-44277-6
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 pages)
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Participation Series
• Disciplina: 333.7830973
• Soggetti: Parks - Maintenance and repair - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Culture, Participation and Policy in the Municipal Public Park -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Everyday Spaces for Participation and Policy -- Introduction -- Parks and Value -- Practising Public Space -- Sharing Management Through Participation -- The Cultural Policy-Ness of Public Parks -- The Cultural-Ness of Everyday Participation in Parks -- References -- Chapter 2: Parkmaking, Municipalisation and Cultural Policy -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Public Park -- Performance and Ritual in Public Space -- Parks as Policy Spaces -- The Political Capital of Parkmaking -- Public Display by Design -- The Decline of the Public Park -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Pleasure Grounds and People's Palaces: The Museum in the Park -- Introduction -- Municipalisation, Museums and Parks -- The Cottage on the Hill -- The Gallery in the Park -- Provincial Park Museum-Making -- Between the Park and Its Museum -- Taking the Knee in Platt Fields -- Can Museums Be More Like Parks? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The Social Lives of Public Parks -- Introduction -- Cultural Ecosystems and Everyday Participation -- Manchester-Salford -- Gateshead -- Dartmoor -- Peterborough -- Peterculter -- The Western Isles: Eilean Siar-Stornoway on Lewis and Harris and South Uist -- Organised Logics of Participation -- What Is a City but Its Parks? -- Walking and Boundary-Making -- Waymarkers and Landmarks -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Municipal Care: Public Parks ; and the Governance of Place -- Introduction -- Business Models for Parks and the Park Value Paradox -- Re-inflating the Lungs of the City: Natural Capital and Evidence of Value -- A Statutory Duty of Care -- Everyday Management of Parks and Greenspaces -- Heading Back to the Original Modern City -- Conclusion.; References -- Chapter 6: The Political Economy of Contemporary Public Parks -- Introduction -- De-Municipalisation and the Entrepreneurial Park -- Marketisation, Arboricide and Social Justice -- City Centre Parks for All -- Piccadilly Gardens-A Too-Public Realm? -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.