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Title Civic engagement in the wake of Katrina / Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez, editors
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource
Series The new public scholarship
New public scholarship.
Contents "Bring your own chairs": civic engagement in postdiluvial New Orleans / Richard Campanella -- A reciprocity of tears: community engagement after a disaster / Pat Evans, Sarah Lewis -- Not since the Great Depression: the documentary impulse post-Katrina / Michael Mizell-Nelson -- Another evacuation story / Rebecca Mark -- The vision has its time: culture and civic engagement in postdisaster New Orleans / Carol Bebelle -- How to raise an army (of creative young people) / Mat Schwarzman, Keith Knight -- The Gulfsouth Youth Action Corps: the story of a local CBO's response to restoring youth programs in New Orleans after Katrina and Rita / Kyshun Webster, D. Hamilton Simons-Jones -- Welcoming the newcomers: civic engagement among pre-Katrina Latinos / Elizabeth Fussell -- Cultural policy and living culture in New Orleans after Katrina / Carole Rosenstein -- Home, New Orleans: university/neighborhood arts collaborations / Jan Cohen-Cruz -- Interview with Don Marshall, executive director of the New Orleans jazz and heritage festival foundation / Amy Koritz -- Afterword: civic engagement is a language- what can universities learn from public cultural work in New Orleans? / Julie Ellison
Summary This collection of essays documents the ways in which educational institutions and the arts community responded to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. While firmly rooted in concrete projects, Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina also addresses the larger issues raised by committed public scholarship. How can higher education institutions engage with their surrounding communities? What are the pros and cons of "asset-based" and "outreach" models of civic engagement? Is it appropriate for the private sector to play a direct role in promoting civic engagement? How does public scholarship impact traditional standards of academic evaluation? Throughout the volume, this diverse collection of essays paints a remarkably consistent and persuasive account of arts-based initiatives' ability to foster social and civic renewal
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
Disaster relief -- Social aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century
Community life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century
City and town life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century
Political participation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
HISTORY -- General.
City and town life
Community life
Cultural policy
Disaster relief -- Social aspects
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Political participation
Social aspects
Social conditions
Katrina Hurrikan
Hilfsaktion
Humanitäre Hilfe
SUBJECT New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
New Orleans (La.) -- Cultural policy
New Orleans (La.) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century
Subject Louisiana -- New Orleans
New Orleans, La.
Genre/Form History
Essays.
Form Electronic book
Author Koritz, Amy, 1955- editor.
Sanchez, George J., editor.
LC no. 2020706637
ISBN 9780472024483
0472024485
1282445251
9781282445253
9786612445255
6612445254
9780472900428
0472900420
0472116983
9780472116980
Other Titles Digitalculturebooks