Book chapter
The Role of Festival Networks in Regional Community Building
Located Research: Regional places, transitions and challenges, pp.89-116
Palgrave Macmillan, 1st
2019
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Abstract
The importance of the lived, performed, felt and experienced modes of place and community made available through the festival means acknowledging the ways in which a festival can engage us within networks of emotion and affect that can heighten feelings of belonging or exclusion. A ‘successful’ festival in terms of social connectedness is one that brings about a feeling of togetherness, a collective joy that transforms individuals into a community. Yet, festivals also offer opportunities for developing new networks or revitalising existing ones via social capital. Drawing on research carried out in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, this chapter focuses on identifying the networks and ties between a range of actors and stakeholders in the community in the context of the Dungog Arts Festival.
Details
- Title
- The Role of Festival Networks in Regional Community Building
- Creators
- Judith Mair - The University of QueenslandMichelle Duffy - University of Newcastle Australia
- Contributors
- Angela Campbell (Editor) - Federation University AustraliaMichelle Duffy (Editor) - University of Newcastle AustraliaBeth Edmondson (Editor) - Federation University Australia
- Publication Details
- Located Research: Regional places, transitions and challenges, pp.89-116
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan; Singapore
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 28
- Identifiers
- 991013310018102368
- Copyright
- © 2020 The Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- Office of the PVC (Academic Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter