Community Cultural Development and Engagement

This is a collection of essays and interviews in a multi-disciplinary approach exploring community cultural development and engagement through a Canadian and global lens.

It brings together administrators, event managers, curators, planners, cultural creatives, Canadian First Nations peoples and educators from around the world, to offer differing perspectives on the many facets of community development and engagement in the evolving field of the creative industries. As such, this book offers a survey of current practice in community cultural development and engagement, acknowledging that this work will develop and change through time.

Community Cultural Development and Engagement will be of interest to students and scholars of event and festival management, community engagement, community development, urban and rural regeneration, urban planning, design and arts and cultural and heritage management interested in engaging with community.

Annetta Latham is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean in Acting, Film and Media Production at Humber College (Toronto, Canada) and prior to that was Chair and Assistant Professor of Arts and Cultural Management and Interdisciplinary Studies at MacEwan University (Edmonton, Canada). She is an arts manager, educator, and researcher where the central focus of her work explores the role of community engagement, cultural strategic planning and cultural policy. She has undertaken strategic plans and produced community engaged projects for a range of stakeholders – both nationally and internationally.