Community-Built: Art, Construction, Preservation, and Place (Community Development Research and Practice Series)

By: Katherine Melcher and Barry Stiefel and Kristin Faurest

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Synopsis: Throughout history and around the world, community members have come together to build places, be it settlers constructing log cabins in nineteenth-century Canada, an artist group creating a waterfront gathering place along the Danube in Budapest, or residents helping revive small-town main streets in the United States. What all these projects have in common is that they involve local volunteers in the construction of public and community places; they are community-built. Although much attention has been given to specific community-built movements such as public murals and community gardens, little has been given to defining community-built as a whole. This volume provides a preliminary description of community-built practices with examples from the disciplines of urban design, historic preservation, and community art. Taken as a whole, these community-built projects illustrate how the process of local involvement in adapting, building, and preserving a built environment can strengthen communities and create places that are intimately tied to local needs, culture, and community. The lessons learned from this volume can provide community planners, grassroots facilitators, and participants with an understanding of what can lead to successful community-built art, construction, preservation, and placemaking.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 224 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781134823291
Related ISBNs:: 9781315545066, 9781138682566, 9781138682580
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/17/23
Copyrighted By:: Katherine Melcher, Barry Stiefel, Kristin Faurest
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Katherine Melcher
Edited by:: Barry Stiefel
Edited by:: Kristin Faurest