Fluxus Spaces as Alternative Cultural Spaces. A social cartography of the urban cultural scenery

• Authors: Adina Manta
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

There is a growing research interest in cultural spaces and their urban regeneration potential. Discussions about these spaces can be found in the literature under concepts such as: art spaces (Grodach, 2011), cultural spaces (Alexander, 2003), creative spaces (Becker et al, 2009), cultural laboratories, free spaces (Polleta, 1999), yet little research examines them from a dynamic perspective which integrates approaches from different disciplines. Through the methodological lens of bricolage and by mixing methods from mental geography, psychology and sociology, this study explores the alternative cultural spaces in terms of its pluralism, managing to identify a new conceptual framework, the fluxus space. Fluxus spaces are cultural spaces situated at the intersection of public-private, old-new, informal-formal, legal-illegal expressions, playing an important role in artistic development and in the urban and community regeneration processes.

Keywords

EN

alternative space; fluxus; mental maps; cultural consumption; bricolage; urban regeneration

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Review of Social Research
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 80-90

Dates

published

2016-05-01

received

2016-03-01

accepted

2016-04-29

online

2016-08-06

Contributors

author

Adina Manta

• University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/irsr-2016-0011