Device to Root Out Place: An Ethnography of Public Art in East Calgary

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dc.contributor.advisorRusted, Brian
dc.contributor.authorVarney, Catherine Opal
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T20:43:33Z
dc.date.available2014-11-17T08:00:50Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractIn 2008, a large-scale outdoor sculpture created by world-renowned artist, Dennis Oppenheim, was installed on a proposed site for a billion dollar mixed-use real estate redevelopment project in Calgary’s historic Ramsay neighbourhood. Oppenheim’s sculpture, Device to Root out Evil is one of many public artworks recently installed in East Calgary and serves as a prime example of how public art is being integrated into urban development and private real estate projects. This research project explores how cultural artifacts, such as public art, are being used as placemaking tools. This localized case study connects artistic practice to economic emplacement and displacement, cultural consumption and production, and urban change. It is a mixed-methods ethnography that moves beyond visual analysis of public art to incorporate sensory experiences of being in a place, thereby revealing how attending to the senses can contribute to the placemaking process.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVarney, C. O. (2014). Device to Root Out Place: An Ethnography of Public Art in East Calgary (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25695en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25695
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1839
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectArt History
dc.subjectDesign and Decorative Arts
dc.subjectUrban and Regional Planning
dc.subject.classificationEthnographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationpublic arten_US
dc.subject.classificationgentrificationen_US
dc.subject.classificationwalkingen_US
dc.subject.classificationcreative cityen_US
dc.subject.classificationSculptureen_US
dc.subject.classificationpublic spacesen_US
dc.subject.classificationCommunicationsen_US
dc.subject.classificationcultural studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationPlace-Makingen_US
dc.subject.classificationsense of placeen_US
dc.subject.classificationeast calgaryen_US
dc.subject.classificationCase Studyen_US
dc.subject.classificationSensory Ethnographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationDevice to Root Out Evilen_US
dc.subject.classificationField Manualen_US
dc.subject.classificationPromenadeen_US
dc.subject.classificationEast Villageen_US
dc.subject.classificationRamsayen_US
dc.subject.classificationspatial turnen_US
dc.subject.classificationcultural geographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationAnthropologyen_US
dc.titleDevice to Root Out Place: An Ethnography of Public Art in East Calgary
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication and Culture
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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