the Think Tank that has yet to be named

22 Readings on Artists & Gentrification: Think Tank Reader Vol. II

Posted by DIM on July 18, 2007

• Managing Directors:
  Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of Neutrality & Palatability (DINP)
  Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of Radical Pedagogy (DIRP)
  Contributing Director:
  Director of the Dept. for the Investigation of the Unmentionable and the authentic (DIUM/a)

Volume II in the Think Tank reader series compiles several texts which discuss issues of artists, gentrification, the urban environment, and the so-called Creative Class. As Directors in the Think Tank that has yet to be named, these issues are important to our understanding of our relationship to the place where we live (Philadelphia) and the effect we (un)intentionally have on this place as artists, activists, citizens. We offer this reader as a resource for others who are interested in exploring these issues with us.

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Volumes I and II of the reader series will be publicly presented as part of the exhibition/education project “Pedagogical Factory: Exploring Strategies for an Educated City” at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago from July 22 - September 23, 2007. Organized by the Stockyard Institute, “Pedagogical Factory” will critically explore the intersection between art, education, and the city. Working with other artists, collaboratives, and groups, the project will transform the gallery space into a temporary factory that will design and implement an extensive series of programs and events throughout the two month project. From this collaborative stage, “Pedagogical Factory” will interrogate the overlap between education, economics, art, and activism, creating a venue to explore alternatives to traditional notions of education and social art.

KEYWORDS: gentrification, pedagogy, projects, readers