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The first academic study of the phenomenon of The Archers fandom from the fans themselves. The fourth instalment in the Academic Archers collection, Fandom Culture and The Archers looks beyond the popular success of the Archers to explore how the program, and the themes it discusses, are used in teaching, learning, research and professional settings, and how the Academic Archers fandom helps shape these real life impacts. The chapters explore first the nature of Archers fandom, looking at how academic fans of the show have translated the storylines and issues discussed into theoretical tools, exploring topics from therapy, to the evolution of listening to the show in the digital age. The authors then turn their attention to the use of The Archers in educational and professional settings, exploring its use in both formal educational settings, and in community-led art projects, as well as the show's engagement with and potential impact on feminism. Providing the reader with increased insight on the impact of the Archers beyond popular culture, Fandom Culture and The Archers is essential reading for fans of the show and fandom and cultural studies scholars alike.

Creative placemaking : reflections on a 21st century American arts policy initiative / Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa Nicodemus -- Spaces of vernacular creativity reconsidered / Tim Edensor and Steve Millington -- Turning local interests into local action : community-based art and the case of Wrecked! : on the intertidal zone / Dominic Walker -- Arrivals and departures : navigating an emotional landscape of belonging and displacement at Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia / Sarah Barns -- A case for human-scale social space in Mumbai / Aditi Nargundkar Pathak -- A rural case : beyond creative placemaking / Margo Handwerker -- Creative placemaking in Peri-urban Gothenburg : mission impossible? / Michael Landzelius and Peter Rundqvist -- A conversation between a collaborating artist and curator : placemaking, socially engaged art, and deep investment in people / Jim Walker and Shauta Marsh -- Temporary spatial object/architecture as a typology for placemaking / Torange Khonsari -- Place guarding : activist art against gentrification / Stephen Pritchard -- Outros epaços : apathy and lack of engagement in participatory processes / Luísa Alpalhão -- Towards beauty and a civics of place : notes from the Thriving Cities Project / Anna Marazuela Kim and Joshua J Yates -- From indicators to face validity to theory and back again : measuring outcomes of U.S. creative placemaking projects / Sunil Iyengar -- Moving into the beyond : what's next for creative placemaking? / Anita McKeown and Cara Courage

The Archers Academics are joined by former The Archers editor, Alison Hindell and actor Dr Charlotte Connor (a.k.a. Susan Carter), to examine the power of gossip in Ambridge, portrayals of love, marriage, motherhood, female education and career expectations, women's mental health and the hard-won right of women to play cricket.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Contents Curated by Topics -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Editors -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction: What really matters : moving placemaking into a new epoch -- What is placemaking? -- Placemaking as a community of practice? -- The next placemaking epoch -- References -- Further reading in this volume -- Section 1 History and theory of placemaking -- Preface: Placemaking in the age of COVID-19 and protest -- What we learn from this chapter -- What's next? -- Reference -- Further reading in this volume -- Chapter 2 Placemaking as an economic engine for all -- Introduction -- How we got here -- Rebuilding the strength of urban settlements through innovative, multi-pronged investment strategies -- How 'place' drives productivity and shifts the geography of innovation -- Place-oriented development: how parks and open space enhance real estate value -- Pre-emptive efforts to keep places open and accessible -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading in this volume -- Chapter 3 An annotated history of creative placemaking at the federal level -- Introduction -- Responding to the Great Recession -- Seeding creative placemaking with federal and philanthropic funding -- Our Town: NEA funding for local pilot projects -- Making creative placemaking projects legible -- Investing in knowledge-building and network organizations -- Accelerating community capacity to support local work -- Reflecting on a decade of federal investment in creative placemaking -- References -- Further reading in this volume -- Chapter 4 A future of creative placemaking -- Introduction -- The future -- Imagining and remembering -- Advancing equity -- Building relationships -- Fostering cross-sector collaboration.