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The street party: pleasurable community practices and placemaking

The street party: pleasurable community practices and placemaking The purpose of this paper is to explore spatial and social practices associated with a community street party through the lens of literature on encounter, conviviality and placemaking, considering its role developing a place-based sense of community.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based upon a case study of a street party in London. Data sources include interviews, a questionnaire, observation and a literature review.FindingsThe conviviality associated with partying disrupts mundane social relations and engages diverse communities in placemaking. People playfully engage with one another, performing and reinforcing community and place values in the environment outside their homes.Practical implicationsThis paper aims to engender understanding and encourage urban policy makers to support activities which combine pleasure and play to develop a place-based sense of community. It identifies practices which actively engage people at a grassroots level and enable them to articulate and perform community values.Social implicationsDeveloping a sense of community in rapidly changing and diverse urban areas presents challenges for urban policy makers. Grassroots activities such as street parties often fall outside of funding streams, debates and formal policy making for cities but it is argued here that they enable people to engage in pleasurable and playful interaction and have an important role in disrupting mundane interactions and connecting people.Originality/valueThis paper progresses discussion of community events from a social perspective through an original study, identifying specific practices which contribute to a place-based sense of community. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Event and Festival Management Emerald Publishing

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1758-2954
DOI
10.1108/ijefm-02-2019-0014
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore spatial and social practices associated with a community street party through the lens of literature on encounter, conviviality and placemaking, considering its role developing a place-based sense of community.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based upon a case study of a street party in London. Data sources include interviews, a questionnaire, observation and a literature review.FindingsThe conviviality associated with partying disrupts mundane social relations and engages diverse communities in placemaking. People playfully engage with one another, performing and reinforcing community and place values in the environment outside their homes.Practical implicationsThis paper aims to engender understanding and encourage urban policy makers to support activities which combine pleasure and play to develop a place-based sense of community. It identifies practices which actively engage people at a grassroots level and enable them to articulate and perform community values.Social implicationsDeveloping a sense of community in rapidly changing and diverse urban areas presents challenges for urban policy makers. Grassroots activities such as street parties often fall outside of funding streams, debates and formal policy making for cities but it is argued here that they enable people to engage in pleasurable and playful interaction and have an important role in disrupting mundane interactions and connecting people.Originality/valueThis paper progresses discussion of community events from a social perspective through an original study, identifying specific practices which contribute to a place-based sense of community.

Journal

International Journal of Event and Festival ManagementEmerald Publishing

Published: Nov 19, 2019

Keywords: Placemaking; Community; Pleasure; Event; Conviviality; Party

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