Focus on festivals : contemporary European case studies and perspectives /: contemporary European case studies and perspectives. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Chris Newbold, Christopher Maughan, Jennie Jordan, Franco Bianchini.
• Editors: Newbold, Chris, 1961-; Maughan, Christopher; Jordan, Jennie; Bianchini, Franco, 1959-
• Contents: Introduction: Focusing on Festivals (Newbold, Jordan, Bianchini & Maughan); Section 1. Perspectives and Debates: Introduction (Maughan & Jordan); Festivals – Why – What – When? A case study of Berlin (Hertling); Festivalisation: patterns and limits (Négrier); Festivals, Urbanity and the Public Sphere: reflections on European festivals (Sassatelli); Festivals, Conformity and Socialisation (Szabó); Festivals as Communities of Practice: learning by doing and knowledge networks amongst artist (Comunian); Festivals of Transition: Greenlight Festival, Leicester (Fletcher); Section 2. Leadership and Management: Introduction (Jordan); How to Flow: a case study on an urban music festival in Helsinki (Silvanto); Romaeuropa Festival: a case study (Argano); Festival Leadership in Turbulent Times (Jordan); The Mladi levi Festival, Ljubljana: a case study (Koprivsek); The Diggers' Festival: key issues in organising a community festival that has 'political' connotations (Norton); Volunteering for Festivals: why and how? ( Autissier); Festival City – Rotterdam (Dooghe); Section 3. Impacts, Communities and Places: Introduction (Newbold); The Enchanted City, The Festive Week in Holstebro: an experiential and social cultural space (Winkelhorn); Operaestate Festival Veneto: a socio-cultural and economic analysis (Carnelli); Street Performances: the perverse effects of festivals (Gaber); Diaspora Community Festivals and Tourism: a UK perspective (Fu, Long & Thomas); Mela in the UK: a 'travelled' and 'habituated' festival (Kaushal & Newbold); A View from Australia (Archer); Section 4. The Future of Festivals: Introduction (Bianchini & Maughan); Festivals in the Network Society (Richards); The Public Festival: inspiration and interconnectivity at the heart of festivals (Deventer); 'Belonging and Unbelonging': the cultural purpose of festivals (Gordziejko); Transnational Festivals, a European Alternative: Les Boreales and Reims Scenes d'Europe (Autissier); Some Thoughts on the Future of European Festivals (Faivre d'Arcier); Some Reflections on the Future of Festival Practice in Europe (Austen); Index.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 394.2694; Festivals -- Europe; Festivals -- Europe -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781910158173
• Related ISBNs: 9781910158159; 9781910158166
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