When "The Art of the Strangers" throws Light on Place and Local Identity
In this article I sketch some issues from an: international landscape art project which has taken place in an area in Northern Norway, "Artscape Nordland". My study of this project has focused on the long and heated debate in the local newspapers concerning the art project. My data was sup...
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ftjna:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/650 2023-05-15T17:24:37+02:00 When "The Art of the Strangers" throws Light on Place and Local Identity 2015-09-08 application/pdf http://arkitekturforskning.net/na/article/view/650 eng eng SINTEF Academic Press http://arkitekturforskning.net/na/article/view/650/597 http://arkitekturforskning.net/na/article/view/650 NA; Vol. 9, No. 3 (1996): Building Bridges 1893-5281 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 ftjna 2022-03-31T17:54:33Z In this article I sketch some issues from an: international landscape art project which has taken place in an area in Northern Norway, "Artscape Nordland". My study of this project has focused on the long and heated debate in the local newspapers concerning the art project. My data was supplied by visits, observations, talks with project leaders, interviews with artists and "key persons" from a few municipalities. I want to show that art can have functions we rarely reflect upon. Art throws light on social aspects of places, local aesthetic values, and local symbols and cultures, often in an indirect or non-intended way In this way I hope to add some knowledge to local discussions about architecture and building and rehabilitation projects in both rural and urban communities. Hence my study which concentrates on a rural district, can also be used as relevant knowledge for urban contexts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordland Nordland Northern Norway Nordland Nordic Journal of Architectural Research Norway |
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In this article I sketch some issues from an: international landscape art project which has taken place in an area in Northern Norway, "Artscape Nordland". My study of this project has focused on the long and heated debate in the local newspapers concerning the art project. My data was supplied by visits, observations, talks with project leaders, interviews with artists and "key persons" from a few municipalities. I want to show that art can have functions we rarely reflect upon. Art throws light on social aspects of places, local aesthetic values, and local symbols and cultures, often in an indirect or non-intended way In this way I hope to add some knowledge to local discussions about architecture and building and rehabilitation projects in both rural and urban communities. Hence my study which concentrates on a rural district, can also be used as relevant knowledge for urban contexts. |
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