The “scouse wedding” and other myths: reflections on the evolution of a “Liverpool model” for culture-led urban regeneration

Cox, Tamsin; O’Brien, Dave

doi:10.1080/09548963.2012.674749

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“…For instance, Campbell [64] and Campbell et al [65] provide insightful and critical perspectives about the 2008 ECOC and the development of Liverpool's creative industries. The studies of Connolly [66], O'Brien [67,68], Cox and O'Brien [21] and Evans [20] offer reflections on cultural planning, cultural policy and governance of the 2008 ECOC Liverpool. Boland [69] challenges the official rhetoric of Liverpool as the 2008 ECOC.…”

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Event and Sustainable Culture-Led Regeneration: Lessons from the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

Liu

2019

Sustainability

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Culture-led regeneration has been widely accepted by European cities as an important component of urban renewal and sustainable development. However, the instrumental role of culture in urban regeneration has revealed several controversies. The study aims at contributing to the debate on urban cultural policy and management by answering two research questions: What are the key success factors for sustainable culture-led regeneration? How can cities strike a balance between the dilemmas of culture-led regeneration? Based on a case study of Liverpool as the 2008 European Capital of Culture, this research draws on long-term and multi-faceted data. The study period is from 2007 to 2018, with a view to tracking the long-term impact of event. Liverpool’s strategies for sustainable culture-led regeneration are investigated from three aspects: cultural funding dilemma, economic dilemma and spatial dilemma. The findings reveal that incorporating events in a city’s long-term regeneration trajectory, continued support and enhancement of local cultural processes and structures, and highlighting community involvement and development are major factors to ensure the cultural sustainability of event.

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“…Consequently, Liverpool saw the 2008 ECOC as a good chance to trigger renaissance of the city [18,19]. The 2008 ECOC is considered to represent a culture-led approach to regeneration [20,21] and is a key symbol of tangible and intangible revitalisation of Liverpool [22].…”

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Event and Sustainable Culture-Led Regeneration: Lessons from the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

Liu

2019

Sustainability

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“…Even if figures relating to direct economic impact can be established, these can be difficult to disentangle from the impacts of other investments and programmes (Cox & O'Brien, 2012). What is perhaps more problematic, however, as O'Brien (2013, p. 12) points out, is that 'our choice of economic valuation methods may then lead us to actually miss the importance of what it is we are attempting to value'.…”

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“…This approach has also prompted an engagement with a specific culture-led urban regeneration policy: Liverpool's 2008 European Capital of Culture. Here the findings of economic impact and community involvement, which for Cox and O'Brien (2012) were specific to a single time and place, were placed at the centre of future, general, public policy. Both methods, and their findings, in this work have a social life.…”

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The social life of measurement: how methods have shaped the idea of culture in urban regeneration

Campbell

Cox

O’Brien

2016

Journal of Cultural Economy

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Although 'culture-led regeneration' has been critiqued as both a concept and practice, it is clear that policy-makers continue to make efforts to use cultural activity of varying forms to achieve ends which could be (and are) described in terms of urban 'regeneration'. Whilst the idea of culture-led urban regeneration had gained considerable prominence in a range of policy by the early twenty-first century, many questions have remained over how exactly such 'regenerative' outcomes could be convincingly demonstrated, despite much activity to attempt such demonstration over the course of preceding years. The desire for convincing evidence can be seen in a continued, and increasing, focus on evaluation, and methods aimed at providing evidence of impact and outcomes. In light of the renewed political focus in recent years on 'proving' the effects and value of cultural activity, this paper considers the continuation of practice in this area, and asks what lessons, if any, have been learned in evaluative practice which seeks to demonstrate the regenerative effects of culture. In light of the continuation of apparently problematic practices, the paper seeks to delineate and account for what has been learned, and what has not.

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“…On the other hand, the Liverpool ECOC was seen as a crucial trigger for parallel physical regeneration of the city [35]. Jones and Wilks-Heeg [36] argued that the ECOC title became a catalyst for new public and private investment, and the projects involved in the redevelopment of the Liverpool centre have grown in importance and urgency.…”

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Event and Community Development: Planning Legacy for the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

Liu

2017

Urban Science

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Event legacy has become a major topic of discussion in recent years. Especially, European Capital of Culture is emerging as a means of facilitating community development in Europe. Based on a case study of the 2008 European Capital of Culture Liverpool, this article aims to conceptualise the relationship between an event and its sustained effects on community development. Methodologically, adopting case study as approach, both primary and secondary were collected and analysed, including four times neighborhood surveys, official evaluation reports and academic publications. The study period is from 2007 to 2015 to monitor changes in an event's impacts. The results reveal four dimensions of effects, including: cultural access and engagement, volunteering, governance and infrastructure, and sense of place. Overall, the study stresses the importance of integrating the event into a long-term development strategy of the city, through synergies between culture and urban regeneration and community renewal.

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The “scouse wedding” and other myths: reflections on the evolution of a “Liverpool model” for culture-led urban regeneration

Cited by 34 publications

References 26 publications

Event and Sustainable Culture-Led Regeneration: Lessons from the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

Event and Sustainable Culture-Led Regeneration: Lessons from the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

The social life of measurement: how methods have shaped the idea of culture in urban regeneration

Event and Community Development: Planning Legacy for the 2008 European Capital of Culture, Liverpool

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