Can culture transform our cities? Can we justify expending precious resources in an age of austerity? Does art transform communities?
Be prepared to be inspired, provoked and challenged by this Talking Cities lecture by Dr Jonathan Vickery, Associate Professor in the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick:
"I will be asking broad questions on the way we think, plan and activate cultural change in urban contexts, particularly in the context of changing the cities we live in. We know that compelling city environments do not need wealth or grand architecture, as desirable as these are. How can we re-think policy in a time of scarcity? Our established cultural institutions will remain, of course, but can we find broader routes for cultural action through artists, experimental architects, urban interventionists, creative communities and cultural entrepreneurship? What are our options?"