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Urban Public Space as a Didactic Platform: Raising Awareness of Climate Change through Experiencing Arts

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  • Keunhye Lee

    (Department of Interior Architecture, Gachon University, Seongnam-si 13120, Korea)

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This paper investigates the meanings of urban public space, both as a didactic platform and as a way to spread awareness of climate change through art. What are the roles of public space? How do artworks intervene in urban public space? How can public art contribute to “sustainability” issues? I have argued that the intervention of art in urban public space offers effective ways of developing climate change art, which is understood to be an educator. Public space can be categorized into three different types: everyday, social, and symbolic spaces. These can be used as a platform for opening discussion and learning about the increased issues of the global crisis in contemporary society. I have drawn upon the representative case studies about climate change to explore how they intervene in urban public space and how they engage viewers to spread awareness, which is one of the fundamental aspects of this paper. It also stimulates viewers’ perceptions and awareness of a more sustainable future through phenomenological and emotional experiences. Thus, this paper contributes to the understanding and knowledge of the relationship between art and public space with respect to raising awareness about climate change and considering how art intervenes in urban public space to create an eco-didactic platform.

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  • Keunhye Lee, 2021. "Urban Public Space as a Didactic Platform: Raising Awareness of Climate Change through Experiencing Arts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:5:p:2915-:d:512668
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    1. David Pinder, 2008. "Urban Interventions: Art, Politics and Pedagogy," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(3), pages 730-736, September.
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    1. Yun Zhou & Alexia Sanz-Hernández & Silvia María Hernández-Muñoz, 2024. "Artistic Interventions in Urban Renewal: Exploring the Social Impact and Contribution of Public Art to Sustainable Urban Development Goals," Societies, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-19, October.
    2. Eunki Kang & Eun Joo Park, 2021. "Phenomenological Transparency through Depth of “ Inside / Outside ” for a Sustainable Architectural Environment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-18, August.

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