Rusted, BrianVarney, Catherine Opal2014-09-292014-11-172014-09-292014http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1839In 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.engUniversity 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.Art HistoryDesign and Decorative ArtsUrban and Regional PlanningEthnographypublic artgentrificationwalkingcreative citySculpturepublic spacesCommunicationscultural studiesPlace-Makingsense of placeeast calgaryCase StudySensory EthnographyDevice to Root Out EvilField ManualPromenadeEast VillageRamsayspatial turncultural geographyAnthropologymaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/25695