Cultural Sustainability in Rural Communities - 9781472468642

Taylor & Francis

Cultural Sustainability in Rural CommunitiesRethinking Australian Country Towns\nAuthor(s): Catherine Driscoll, Kate Darian-Smith, David Nichols\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472468642, 978-1472468642\nSynopsis\nThere has been a recent expansion of interest in cultural approaches to rural communities and to the economic and social situation of rurality more broadly. This interest has been particularly prominent in Australia in recent years, spurring the emergence of an interdisciplinary field called 'rural cultural studies'. \n\nThis collection is framed by a large interdisciplinary research project that is part of that emergence, particularly focused on what the idea of 'cultural sustainability' might mean for understanding experiences of growth, decline, change and heritage in small Australian country towns. However, it extends beyond the initial parameters of that research, bringing together a range of seni.