Standard narratives on the relationship between art and urban development detail art networks as connected to sources of dominant economic, social, and cultural capital and complicit in gentrification trends. This research challenges the conventional model by investigating the relationship between grassroots art spaces, tied to marginal and local groups, and the political economy of development in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen. Using mixed methods, I investigate Do–It–Yourself and Latinx artists to understand the construction and goals of grassroots art organizations. Through their engagements with cultural representations, space and time, grassroots artists represent and amplify the interests of marginal actors. By allying with residents, community organizations and other art spaces, grassroots artists form a social movement to redefine the goals and usages of urban space. My findings indicate that heterogeneous art networks exist and grassroots art networks can influence urban space in opposition to top–down development.

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作为艺术实践的空间营造：草根艺术组织与城市发展政治经济学的关系

关于艺术与城市发展之间关系的标准叙述将艺术网络详细描述为与主导经济、社会和文化资本的来源以及中产阶级化趋势的同谋。这项研究通过调查与边缘和当地群体相关的草根艺术空间与芝加哥比尔森社区发展的政治经济之间的关系来挑战传统模型。我使用混合方法调查 Do-It-Yourself 和拉丁裔艺术家，以了解草根艺术组织的构建和目标。通过与文化表现、空间和时间的接触，草根艺术家代表并放大了边缘演员的利益。通过与居民、社区组织和其他艺术空间结盟，草根艺术家发起了一场重新定义城市空间目标和用途的社会运动。我的发现表明存在异质艺术网络，草根艺术网络可以影响城市空间，与自上而下的发展相反。