Creative Communities
Creative Communities (Book)
Regional Inclusion and the Arts
This is the first major collection to reimagine and analyze the role of the creative arts in building resilient and inclusive regional communities. Bringing together Australia's leading theorists in the creative industries, as well as case studies from practitioners working in the creative and performing arts and new material from targeted research projects, the book reconceptualizes the very meaning of regionalism and the position—and potential—of creative spaces in nonmetropolitan centers.
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This is the first major collection to reimagine and analyse the role of the creative arts in building resilient and inclusive regional communities. Bringing together Australia’s leading theorists in the creative industries, as well as case studies from practitioners working in the creative and performing arts and new material from targeted research projects, the book reconceptualizes the very meaning of regionalism and the position – and potential – of creative spaces in non-metropolitan centres.
Janet McDonald is Associate Professor (Theatre Studies), and is currently the School Coordinator of Creative Arts at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. Robert Mason is Lecturer (Migration and Security Studies) at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Introduction - Janet McDonald and Robert Mason
Rethinking Regionalism
Chapter 1: Common Patterns: Narratives of ‘Mere Coincidence’ and the Production of Regions - Paul Carter
Chapter 2: Creative and Destructive Communities of Lake Condah/Tae Rak, Western Victoria - Louise Johnson
Chapter 3: Creativity and Attenuated Sociality: Creative Communities in Suburban and Peri-Urban Australia - Mark Gibson
Chapter 4: Learning from Inland: Redefining Regional Creativity - Margaret Woodward and Craig Bremner
Returning Creativity
Chapter 5: Getting to Know the Story of the Boathouse Dances: Football, Freedom and Rock ‘n’ Roll - Tamara Whyte, Chris Matthews, Michael Balfour, Lyndon Murphy and Linda Hassall
Chapter 6: ‘The Artists Are Taking Over This Town’: Lifestyle Migration and Regional Creative Capital - Susan Luckman
Chapter 7: Art in Response to Crisis: Drought, Flood and the Regional Community - Andrew Mason
Chapter 8: ‘Now We Will Live Forever’: Creative Practice and Refugee Settlement in Regional Australia - Wendy Richards
Restoring Community
Chapter 9: Making Stories Matter: Using Participatory New Media Storytelling and Evaluation to Serve Marginalized and Regional Communities - Ariella Van Luyn and Helen Klaebe
Chapter 10: Vicarious Heritage: Performing Multicultural Heritage in Regional Australia - Robert Mason
Chapter 11: Practising for Life: Amateur Theatre, Regionalism and the Gold Coast - Patrick Mitchell
Chapter 12: Artist-Run Initiatives as Liminal Incubatory Arts Practice - Janet McDonald
Chapter 13: Same but Different: Growing New Audiences for the Performing Arts in Regional Australia - Rebecca Scollen
