Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Transitional ecologies and tactical urban artists

“We are optimistic that the combination of creativity, ingenuity and low-budget, DIY mindsets that are hallmarks of both ecologists and public artists will help collaborators transform abandoned space into exciting and informative destinations.”

Transitional Ecology describes the incorporation of ecology research into public art to help urban revitalizations including transformations of vacant spaces into community assets. Overlaps in the Venn diagram (urban greening, Tactical Urbanism, Eco-Art and Transitional Ecology) are described in separate sections in the text

From Transitional Ecology: embedding ecological
experiments into temporary urban public art
Adam D. Kay,1,* Elizabeth Scherber,1 Hunter Gaitan,1 and Amanda Lovelee2
1Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, USA and 2Public Art St. Paul, 381 Wabasha St N, St. Paul, MN 55102, USA

Journal of Urban Ecology, 2019, 1–7

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