The Emancipatory Potential of Creativity: Art and Creative Expression in Public Space

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dc.contributor.advisorDas, Priyam
dc.contributor.authorBlankenship, Tamera
dc.contributor.departmentUrban & Regional Planning
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-23T23:56:52Z
dc.date.available2023-02-23T23:56:52Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.degreeM.U.R.P.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/104623
dc.subjectUrban planning
dc.subjectArt
dc.subjectCreativity
dc.subjectPublic Space
dc.subjectStreet Art
dc.titleThe Emancipatory Potential of Creativity: Art and Creative Expression in Public Space
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.abstractThis study examines differentiated street art impacts through a phenomenological and historical institutional approach. The primary case study location of Kakaʻako, Hawaiʻi is considered within a range of public space creative expression possibilities presented by three additional study locations along the US-Mexico border. Phenomenological and historical investigation reveal institutional relationships that enable and constrain creative expression in public space. The findings suggest the potential for investigating urban visual landscapes to illuminate forces of power and exclusion in other aspects of the urban experience, such as development and gentrification. Incorporating creatives and creativity in planning practice can foster asset-based framing and co-design processes firmly rooted in local context. The reestablishment of indigenous autonomy, authority, and self-determination in urban public space and the visual landscape may begin to address historical forces of oppression, displacement, and exclusion. The potential for creativity and creative expression for informing planning practice and participatory processes is explored with the goal of vibrant, thriving, and inclusive public spaces that embody the broadest range of human differences and capabilities.
dcterms.extent171 pages
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i at Manoa
dcterms.rightsAll UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.
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