[DOC] The Art of Censorship in Postwar Japan (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute) by Kirsten Cather in Arts-Photography

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A new taxonomy of placemaking is needed; concerns have been expressed about the professionalization of placemaking through the proliferation of standards; zoning codes; and restrictive covenants. "Place matters" has become a mantra in many disciplines - architecture; urban planning and urban design; geography; and sociology to name a few. While conceptualized narrowly by individual disciplines; a holistic framework of placemaking is sorely missing. Mahyar Arefi seeks to fill this gap by exploring these questions: how are places physically created; socially mobilized; and politically contested? This book explores three competing approaches to placemaking: need-based; opportunity-based; and asset-based. Using a case study approach; the book delves into each paradigm and its stages of physical formation; social mobilization; and political contestation.