Artistic City-zenship: How artists perceive and practice political agency in their cities

Merav Kaddar; Volker Kirchberg; Nir Barak; Milena Seidl; Patricia Wedler; Avner de Shalit

doi:10.1080/07352166.2020.1792312

Artistic City-zenship: How artists perceive and practice political agency in their cities

Merav Kaddar^*
, Volker Kirchberg
, Nir Barak
, Milena Seidl
, Patricia Wedler
, Avner de Shalit

^*Corresponding author for this work

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12 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Located in the theoretical triangle of urban, cultural, and political studies, this paper examines artists’ political engagement in cities. Applying a qualitative approach through inter-urban fieldwork in Hamburg and Hanover, Germany, and Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, we study how artists critically engage with their cities and urban spaces, and analyze how the artists’ themselves perceive and practice their own actions. Based on this, we offer a typology of artists’ attitudes and behavior patterns toward urban politics and policies, which we propose as a relevant theoretical tool for analyzing political engagement of artists in the urban environment.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Urban Affairs
Volume	44
Issue number	4-5
Pages (from-to)	471-489
Number of pages	19
ISSN	0735-2166
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2020.1792312
Publication status	Published - 28.05.2022

Bibliographical note

This research has been funded by the Lower Saxonian Ministry of Science and Culture, in coordination with the Volkswagen Foundation (Niedersächsisches Vorab: Lower Saxonian - Israeli Research Cooperation, grant code VWZN3166). We thank the many interviewees for sharing their time and thoughts with us. We also thank the journal’s editors and reviewers for their helpful remarks and suggestions. Special thanks go to Marie Hoop for her help and support. This joint research project was financially supported by the state of Lower-Saxony, Hanover, Germany; the selection process was organized by the Volkswagen Foundation. Part of the research was financed with the help of the Max Kampelman Chair for Democracy and Human Rights.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Urban Affairs Association.

UN SDGs

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Research areas and keywords

Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization
artistic field
Culture and Space
urban sociology

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies

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10.1080/07352166.2020.1792312

Critical Art(ist)s and Urban Development - A collaborative study comparing German and Israeli Cities
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), de-Shalit, A. (Partner) & Hoop, M. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the state of Lower Saxony in Germany
01.04.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Research

Urban artistic interventions: A typology of artistic political actions in the city
Hoop, M., Kirchberg, V., Kaddar, M., Barak, N. & de-Shalit, A., 01.06.2022, In: City, Culture and Society. 29, 10 p., 100449.
Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
15 Citations (Scopus)

Artistic Utopian Spaces and the Promise of Urban Development
Niemann, K. (Speaker) & Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
02.09.2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Critical Artistic Interventions in Urban Contexts – The Intrinsic Logic or Spirit of Cities and Its Influence on Critical Artists
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker) & Hoop, M. (Speaker)
11.03.2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research

File
Methodological Assemblage - Experiences from an Interdisciplinary Project on Artists and Cities
Kirchberg, V. (Speaker)
16.12.2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research

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Critical Art(ist)s and Urban Development - A collaborative study comparing German and Israeli Cities

Research output

Urban artistic interventions: A typology of artistic political actions in the city

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Artistic Utopian Spaces and the Promise of Urban Development

Critical Artistic Interventions in Urban Contexts – The Intrinsic Logic or Spirit of Cities and Its Influence on Critical Artists

Methodological Assemblage - Experiences from an Interdisciplinary Project on Artists and Cities

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