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Civic engagement in the wake of Katrina /

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 publ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Koritz, Amy, 1955- (Editor ), Sanchez, George J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library, ©2009.
Colección:New public scholarship.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "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.