Creative Cities, Tourism and Street Art in a Global Frame - (Sociology of the Arts) by Ricardo Klein & Caitlin Bruce (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book explores the use of street art tourism in eight cities: Barcelona, Paris, Porto, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Montevideo, Bogota and Buenos Aires. While street art and graffiti are perpetually in the process of being discovered by scholars and cultural programmers as a practice full of potential, these contributions offer context and grounding and ask how, in a global setting, such art is used in tandem with tourism practices to interpret, codify, and make value out of space through institutional and community networks.

From the Back Cover

This book explores the use of street art tourism in eight cities: Barcelona, Paris, Porto, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Montevideo, Bogota and Buenos Aires. While street art and graffiti are perpetually in the process of being discovered by scholars and cultural programmers as a practice full of potential, these contributions offer context and grounding and ask how, in a global setting, such art is used in tandem with tourism practices to interpret, codify, and make value out of space through institutional and community networks.

Ricardo Klein is a Sociologist from the University of the Republic, Uruguay, and holds a PhD in Cultural Management and Heritage from the University of Barcelona. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Valencia, Spain, and member of the Center for Studies on Culture, Power and Identities (UV).

Caitlin F. Bruce holds a PhD in Communication from Northwestern University, USA. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh and affiliate faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies, the Cultural Studies Center, and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

About the Author

Ricardo Klein is a Sociologist from the University of the Republic, Uruguay, and holds a PhD in Cultural Management and Heritage from the University of Barcelona. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Valencia, Spain, and member of the Center for Studies on Culture, Power and Identities (UV).

Caitlin F. Bruce holds a PhD in Communication from Northwestern University, USA. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh and affiliate faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies, the Cultural Studies Center, and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.