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A Place of My Own, A Place of Our Own

Higher Education, Finding Funding, For Community Planning and Development, For Higher Education, What is Creative Placemaking?, Philanthropy

This policy paper looks at creative placemaking, which is generally described as arts-based community development, in a transatlantic context. While creative placemaking has more purposefully emerged in American circles of government, philanthropy, and community development, European institutions have a long-standing history of investing in the arts as a core driver of healthy societies. This paper frames critical issues facing our society today, ones that have a strong relationship with culture, and then unpacks how cultural policy has evolved in both the United States and Europe. To situate this conversation, the paper looks at a series of case studies in the neighborhoods of Moabit, Berlin and Molenbeek, Brussels, two examples with acute challenges and inspiring arts-based community development. Finally, the paper makes a series of high-level policy recommendations that could benefit from a shared, global conversation around the future of creative placemaking

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