CHANGING GELLERUP PARK: POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS AND AESTHETIC ENGAGEMENT IN AN EXPOSED SOCIAL HOUSING AREA IN DENMARK

Some low-income social housing neighborhoods are undergoing radical transformations in Denmark. Classified as "ghettos" and "parallel societies," and marked by area-specific legislation, we identify a triple exposure in these neighborhoods. The residents are exposed to inequality...

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Published in:The Nordic journal of aesthetics 2022, Vol.31 (64), p.76
Main Authors: Eriksson, Birgit, W Nielsen, Anne Mette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Cultural policy
Ghettos
Legislation
Neighborhoods
Politics
Public art
Public housing
Site-specific works
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Summary:Some low-income social housing neighborhoods are undergoing radical transformations in Denmark. Classified as "ghettos" and "parallel societies," and marked by area-specific legislation, we identify a triple exposure in these neighborhoods. The residents are exposed to inequality, stigmatization, and discriminatory inter-ventions. Parallel to this, cultural policies and programs have ap-proached these same neighborhoods based on the assumption that they can be "elevated" through art. Drawing upon a broader re-search in art project in four social housing areas (Eriksson, Nielsen, Sørensen and Yates, 2022), this article focuses on Gellerup Park in Aarhus and considers how two site-specific art platforms address the site and time-specific conditions of the area, offering alterna-tive relations and forms of engagement.
ISSN:2000-1452
2000-9607
DOI:10.7146/nja.v31i64.134221