Art and economics in the city : new cultural maps Emerging forms of alternative economy are changing the structure of society redefining the relationship between centre and periphery in the urban fabric. In this context the arts can play a crucial role in formulating a concept of complex and plural citizenship: This economic social and cultural paradigm has the potential to overcome the conventional isolation of the arts and culture in ivory towers and thereby to gradually make the urban fabric more fertile. This volume faces such sensitive issues by collating contributions from various disciplines: Economists sociologists urbanists architects and creative artists offer a broad and deep assessment of urban dynamics and their visions for years to come Frontmatter Content FOREWORD Catanoso Pasquale INTRODUCTION: URBAN CHALLENGES CULTURAL STRATEGIES SOCIAL VALUES Benincasa Caterina Neri Gianfranco Trimarchi Michele 1. URBAN STRATEGIES AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS DOES PUBLIC ART MATTER A SOCRATIC EXPLORATION Litardi Irene Pastore Lavinia ART AND TERRITORIAL CHANGES IN THE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE Morea Valeria CULTURE MEETS ECOLOGY IN THE PUBLIC SPACE. TRIUMPHS AND LAMENTS ON THE TIBER Rankin Tom 2. MULTIPLE CULTURES FOR URBAN GOVERNANCE BUILT HERITAGE AND MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN MUMBAI. MATERIAL CULTURE AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES Pelino Clarissa THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IN INTERNATIONAL DEBATE ON URBAN SOCIETIES CHANGES Moscato Domenica NEW MAPS FOR THE DESIRES OF AN EMERGING WORLD Amaro Ottavio Tornatora Marina ENTERING THE VOID. DIALOGUES ON ART AND URBANITY Clay Arthur Rut Monika 3. THE URBAN FABRIC BETWEEN INTUITIONS AND CONFLICT ART AS A SOCIAL PERFORMANCE IN TRANS MEDIA CITIES Fassari Letteria G. DEACCESSIONING AND RE LOCATING. NEW OPTIONS FOR MUSEUMS Antonucci Federica PUBLIC SPACE AND ITS CHALLENGES. A PALIMPSEST FOR URBAN COMMONS Errante Lidia FOR A CULTURE OF URBAN COMMONS. PRACTICES AND POLICIES Lenna Verena Trimarchi Michele About the authors