Co-Creative Placekeeping in Los Angeles

Co-Creative Placekeeping in Los Angeles is a novel examination of Los Angeles-based socially engaged art (SEA) practitioners' equitable placekeeping efforts.

Brettany Shannon, urban scholar, California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona; California State University, Northridge; and Woodbury University. Shannon researches the intersection of art, technology, public space, and community participation. David C. Sloane, Professor, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California. Sloane studies evolving historical cultural landscapes and environmental inequities regarding mourning/commemoration, food systems, health care, and crime-all elements of our urban life. He is best recognized as a leading expert on the history and contemporary issues in mourning, commemoration, and public space. Anne Bray is a hybrid artist and founder/director of the public art organization LA Freewaves. She has instigated a series of projects in which artists and community residents interact and interchange perspectives on their worlds through art.

Interviews List of figures List of maps Preface by Roberto Bedoya Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Co-Creative Art and Equitable Placekeeping 2. Community Principles: Agency, Voice, and Education Artists: LAPD à Ben Caldwell à Public Matters 3. Engagement Principles: Reflexivity, Communication, Continuity, and Trust Artists: Public Matters à Slanguage à Tricia Ward 4. Relationships Principles: Connections, Reliance, and Co-Production Artists: Rosten Woo à Tricia Ward àSarah Daleiden à Fabián Wagmister 5. Defiance Principles: Subversion, Unity, and Resistance Artists: Fabián Wagmister à Sarah Daleiden à Ben Caldwell à LAPD and Rosten Woo 6. Conclusion: Co-Creative Art and the Just City References Index