The Creative Citizen Unbound

Abstract

a collective volume that gathers distinct essays based on the results of the overarching research project Creative Citizen, which took place between 2011 and 2014 in various regions of the United Kingdom (Bristol, Birmingham, London, Wales) and was funded by the UK research Councils' Connected Communities programme.This is a volume that brings together two usually separated themescreativity and citizenship.In doing so, it tackles a conceptually and empirically hybrid territory, which contributes to redefine the scope of both concepts and the empirical reality it designates.The meaning of citizenship is extended to practices usually thought outside its range, just as creativity includes a civic purpose usually not accounted for.And what citizen unbound is this?The use of the term appears somewhat provocative, suggesting however a central aspect: "the potentially transformative impact of creative citizenship, arising from its own civic commitment" (p.15), which appears to be at the heart of its emancipation.The book's subtitle -how social media and DIY culture contribute to democracy, communities and the creative economy -condenses the issues addressed throughout the volume: firstly, the focus on digital media and technologies as it relates transversally to the case studies examined; secondly, the emphasis on the agency of citizens, focused on multiple forms of participatory culture and citizenship,

Cite this work

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 29 citations exist upstream.