In this paper we introduce the Urban Drama Lab as a new manifestation of Urban Living
Labs. We expand current debates concerning Urban Living Labs by contrasting and …

Recent decades have seen a dramatic increase in research output on arts festivals and
cultural events, and a growing focus on the role festivals play in negotiating and constructing …

Why and how do artists engage in activities that likely lead to gentrification, despite their
awareness of its effects and despite that they will possibly be among the displaced groups? I …

In this paper we focus on LGBTQ+ travel guides and the creation of a North American
LGBTQ+ urban imaginary as forms and facilitators of activism. Specifically, we consider one …

When I wrote the 2010 article Arts festivals, urban tourism and cultural policy for the special
issue of JPRTL&E in 2010, the focus on the 'urban'in the brief that I was given very much …

This paper articulates the subversive and political potential of an object-orientated view of
urban creativity. Drawing upon object-orientated philosophies, it further develops the …

Creative city, creativity, and mobility are interconnected. The creative city research focuses
on long-term mobility of the creative class members: they 'move in'to a creative city.'Once …

Digital technologies have transformed how we connect and socialize. Although virtual
spaces command much of our attention, physical spaces remain essential to our everyday …

Beginning with contemporary calls to decolonise travel writing, this article considers the
intersection of race and sexuality in the genre. Why is the analysis of postcolonial travel …

The creative humanities respond to the creative turn in art, culture, and higher education. In
the decades bracketing the millennium, art and culture were instrumentalized to underwrite …