Civic engagement in the wake of Katrina /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Koritz, Amy, 1955- (Editor), Sanchez, George J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library, ©2009.
Series:New public scholarship.
Subjects:
2000-2099
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.
Ouragan Katrina, 2005 > Aspect social > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Aspect social > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Communauté > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Vie urbaine > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Participation politique > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Histoire > 21e siècle.
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
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.
Louisiana > New Orleans
New Orleans, La.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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