Selling Streetness as Experience. The Role of Street Art Tours in Branding the Creative City
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Andron, S. 2018. Selling Streetness as Experience. The Role of Street Art Tours in Branding the Creative City. The Sociological Review. 66 (5), pp. 1036-1057. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118771293
Authors | Andron, S. |
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Abstract | This article looks at the street art tours industry in London, and its function in constructing the geographic, economic and symbolic value of street art. The street art world of the capital has reached a substantial level of institutional endorsement as a proper urban creative practice, through backing such as by local councils and private developers, art galleries and book publishers. This article examines the role of walking tours in holding up street art as a cultural product of the creative city. It argues that London’s street art scene is constructed and legitimated by these tours through the strategic deployment of an authoritative discourse. Street art tours’ routes and locations are then integrated into a longer lineage of endorsements for the cultural field of street art, and interpreted as branding strategies for the creative city. In the conclusion, the role of walking tours in gentrification and urban change is discussed, with a focus on how street art works and murals contribute to performing Shoreditch as a hub of vibrancy and urban creativity. |
Keywords | creative city; London street art; place branding; Shoreditch; street art tour; streetness |
Journal | The Sociological Review |
Journal citation | 66 (5), pp. 1036-1057 |
ISSN | 0038-0261 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118771293 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118771293 |
Publication dates | |
01 Sep 2018 | |
Online | 01 May 2018 |
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Deposited | 01 Oct 2019 |
Copyright holder | © 2018 The Author |
Copyright information | As accepted for publication in Sociological Review: Andron, S (2018) Selling streetness as experience: the role of street art tours in branding the creative city, Sociological Review, 66 (5) pp. 1036-1057. 10.1177/0038026118771293. |
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