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Abstract
This article explores the potential of ‘Co-Creation’ to develop new understandings of neighbourhood disadvantage in collaboration with civil society partners. It argues that there is a growing need for collaborative knowledge production with communities carrying vernacular knowledges previously invalidated by dominant epistemologies. The first part of the article undertakes a reconceptualisation of ‘co-creation’, a term usually associated with citizen involvement in neoliberal contexts, redeveloping it as a ‘critical artistic practice’ (Mouffe, 2013) in which new ways of imagining the city can be articulated. The second part of the article examines the practice of Co-Creation as a participatory methodology involving artists, researchers and stakeholders in developing ‘agonistic spaces’ by scrutinising a five-day workshop conducted in the Rio de Janeiro favela of Santa Marta to explore multiple understandings and meanings of this neighbourhood. Through an analysis of creative workshop activities such as photovoice and mapping exercises, the authors explore the potential of the Co-Creation approach to construct new subjectivities that can help subvert existing configurations of power. The conclusion formulates some recommendations about future strategies to maximise Co-Creation’s potential to engage communities in collaborative knowledge production about their neighbourhoods and bring about positive change.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Urban Studies |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Jun 2020 |
Funding
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 749154 (SURGE), the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 734770 (Co-Creation) and the University of Bath sabbatical scheme. Further details of the project and partners are at www.co-creation-network.org .
Keywords
- agonistic space
- arts-based methods
- Co-Creation
- favela
- Rio de Janeiro
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Urban Studies
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CO-CREATION: The Cohesive City: Addressing Stigmatisation in Disadvantaged Urban Neighbourhoods
Horvath, C. (PI) & Parish, N. (CoI)
1/01/17 → 31/07/25
Project: EU Commission