Experiencing research-creation in urban studies. Lessons from an inquiry on the making of public space. (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vivant, Elsa
• Is Part Of: Cities. Volume 77(2018)
• Page Start: 60
• Page End: 66
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: Art-based research -- Research creation -- Representations -- Urban studies -- Urban research -- Methodologies -- Clichy -- Montfermeil; City planning -- Periodicals; Urban policy -- Periodicals; 711.4
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.12.017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-2751

Abstract

Abstract: This paper examines collaboration between artists and social scientists in urban studies. The author was a participant in experimental research commissioned by a new cultural institution, which examined how this institution might participate in the making of a public space. In this paper she analyses the methodologies of investigation and the discussions about forms and representations, and shows the difficulties and rewards of this type of collaboration. To what extent may research based on art and social sciences, and rooted in references to the methodologies and theories of both, be a relevant and alternative way to explore, investigate and represent an urban issue?