Charles Landry

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'''Charles Landry''' (born July 1, 1948) is an author and international adviser on the future of cities best known for popularising the ''Creative City'' concept. His book ''The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators'' became a movement to rethink the planning, development and management of cities.<ref name="strategy">{{cite web|last1=Helgesen|first1=Sally|title=Charles Landry Knows What Makes Cities Great: Distinction, Variety, and Flow|url=https://www.strategy-business.com/article/10306?gko=232cd|website=strategy+business|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref>

He is credited for his attempt to rethink city making through his work on intercultural cities, the psychology of cities, the nomadic world, creative bureaucracies and the measurement of creativity in cities – the latter developed with Bilbao and now assessed through in-depth studies of 25 cities.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|title=The Civic City in a Nomadic World|date=2018|publisher=Nai010 Publishers|isbn=9789462083721|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRjDswEACAAJ|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|last2=Caust|first2=Margie|title=The Creative Bureaucracy & its Radical Common Sense|date=2017|publisher=Comedia|isbn=9781908777089}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|last2=Murray|first2=Chris|title=Psychology and the City: The Hidden Dimension|date=2017|publisher=Comedia Publications Limited|isbn=9781908777072|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mz-uswEACAAJ|language=en}}</ref>

He invented the ‘creative bureaucracy’ concept and is [https://creativebureaucracy.org/foundation/people/charles-landry president] of the [https://creativebureaucracy.org/ Creative Bureaucracy Festival] in Berlin he co-founded in 2018 with Sebastian Turner.

==Early life==

Charles Landry was born in 1948 and brought up and educated in Britain, Germany and Italy. Landry was born in London to German parents who had escaped from the Nazis. His father Harald was a philosopher and Nietzsche specialist and his mother an artist. He was educated at the Nymphenburger Gymnasium in Munich, Keele University in Staffordshire and Johns Hopkins in Bologna where he was assistant to Robert Skidelsky. His dissertation was on problems of post-industrial society.<ref name="strategy" />

==Career==

Landry was assistant to Lord Kennet, a former Labour government minister, on the ''Europe Plus Thirty'' an EEC study on forecasting (1973-1974) commissioned by Ralf Dahrendorf.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Communities|first1=Commission of the European|title=The Futures of Europe|date=1976|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=preface|isbn=9780521213264|pages=11–12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=utMbXrTLBaEC&q=charles+landry+Lord+Kennet&pg=PR11|language=en}}</ref> With colleagues he started ''Publications Distribution Cooperative'' in 1976, a company focused on distributing alternative literature and media for the then burgeoning system of non-mainstream publishers and bookshops.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Atton|first1=Chris|title=Alternative media|date=2002|publisher=SAGE|isbn=9780761967705|page=7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2DZiAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=28 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> In parallel he was a specialist bookseller focusing on radical publications.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Landry|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/charles-landry-102657|website=The Conversation|accessdate=28 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In 1978 he founded ''Comedia'', a think tank, publisher and consultancy. Comedia undertook much of the early work highlighting the importance of cultural resources as well as a methodological framework and evidence for what is now known as the creative economy, formerly cultural industries. Its publishing programme provided some of the intellectual backdrop to the emergence of cultural studies, involving authors such as Dave Morley, Ken Worpole, Geoff Mulgan,<ref name= "comedia">{{cite web|title=Comedia: Thinking about creative cities|url=https://www.comedia.org.uk/|website=www.comedia.org.uk|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> Patrick Wright. The provocative ''What a way to run a Railroad: An Analysis of Radical Failure'' (1985) assessed how the high failure rate of radical projects could be understood, but in the aftermath Landry was criticized as being ‘a left wing Thatcherite’.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Body-Gendrot|first1=Sophie|author1link=Sophie Body-Gendrot|last2=Carré|first2=Jacques|last3=Garbaye|first3=Romain|title=A City of One's Own: Blurring the Boundaries Between Private and Public|date=2008|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=9780754675020|page=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXb8Rw7iTVEC&q=charles+Landry+left+wing+Thatcherite&pg=PA205|language=en}}</ref>

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Comedia supported a changing group of people developed projects concerned with urban life, culture and creativity and the future of cities including Franco Bianchini, Phil Wood, Sir Peter Hall, Jude Bloomfield and Naseem Khan. After producing more than 100 books Comedia publishing was sold to Routledge in 1988. Initially Comedia's publishing wing was most well known for research and projects on the future of cities. Later Comedia's research became better known with long term projects including ''Culture at the Crossroads'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Culture at the crossroads|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/9672#.WrulG4hubIU|website=www.spiked-online.com|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> ''The Art of Regeneration'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The art of regeneration: urban renewal through cultural activity|url=https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/art-regeneration-urban-renewal-through-cultural-activity|website=JRF|accessdate=28 March 2018|language=en|date=1 March 1996}}</ref> and ''Creativity at the Heart of Culture''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Think tank: Cultural diversity breeds creativity|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2005/feb/23/artspolicy.regeneration|website=The Guardian|accessdate=28 March 2018|language=en|date=23 February 2005}}</ref><ref name= "comedia" />

From the 2000s onwards his work has focused on urban ecosystems and measuring civic creativity and public innovation. The Creative Bureaucracy Festival is the main platform for these ideas

== Publications ==

*''The Civic City in a Nomadic World'' (2017)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|title=The Civic City in a Nomadic World|date=2017|publisher=nai010 publishers|isbn=9789462083882|language=English}}</ref> *''The Creative Bureaucracy & its radical common sense'' with Margie Caust (2017)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Depository|first1=Book|title=The Creative Bureaucracy & its Radical Common Sense : Charles Landry : 9781908777089|date=2017|isbn=978-1-908777-08-9|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Creative-Bureaucracy-its-Radical-Common-Sense-Charles-Landry/9781908777089|language=en}}</ref> *''Psychology and the City'' (2017) with Chris Murray<ref name=Psyc&city>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|last2=Murray|first2=Chris|title=Psychology & the City: The Hidden Dimension|date=2017|publisher=Comedia|isbn=9781908777072|edition=Illustrated|language=en}}</ref> *''The Digitized City'' (2016)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|title=The Digitized City : Influence & Impact 2016|date=2016|publisher=Comedia|isbn=9781908777065}}</ref> *''Cities of Ambition'' (2015)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|title=Cities of Ambition|date=2015|publisher=Comedia|isbn=9781908777058|language=English}}</ref> *''The Fragile City & the Risk Nexus'' (2014) with Tom Burke<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|last2=Burke|first2=Tom|title=The Fragile City & the Risk Nexus|date=2014|publisher=Comedia|isbn=9781908777041}}</ref> *''Culture & Commerce'' (2013)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|title=Culture & commerce : the Royal Academy & Mayfair|date=2013|publisher=Comedia|location=near Stroud|isbn=978-1-908777-03-4}}</ref> *''The Creative City Index'' (2013) with Jonathan Hyams<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|last2=Hyams|first2=Jonathan|title=The Creative City Index: Measuring the Pulse of the City|date=2012|publisher=Comedia|isbn=9781908777027|language=English}}</ref> *''The Sensory Landscape of Cities'' (2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=The sensory landscape of cities.|date=2012|publisher=Comedia|isbn=978-1-908777-01-0}}</ref> *''The Origins & Futures of the Creative City'' (2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=The origins & futures of the Creative City .|date=2012|publisher=Comedia|isbn=978-1-908777-00-3}}</ref> *''The Intercultural City: Planning for Diversity Advantage'' (2007) with Phil Wood<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wood|first1=Phil|last2=Landry|first2=Charles|title=The intercultural city : planning for diversity advantage|date=2008|publisher=Earthscan|location=London|isbn=978-1844074365|edition=Repr.}}</ref> *''The Art of City Making'' (2006)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|title=The art of city-making|date=2007|publisher=Earthscan|location=London [u.a.]|isbn=978-1844072453|edition=Reprint.}}</ref> *''The Creative City: A toolkit for urban innovators'' (2000)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Charles|title=The creative city a toolkit for urban innovators|date=2001|publisher=Earthscan [u.a.]|location=London|isbn=1853836133|edition=Repr.}}</ref> *''The Creative City in Britain & Germany'' (1996) with Franco Bianchini & Ralph Ebert<ref>{{cite book|last1=al.]|first1=Charles Landry... [et|title=The creative city in Britain and Germany|date=1995|publisher=Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society|location=London|isbn=0905492935}}</ref> *''The Other Invisible Hand with Geoff Mulgan'' (1995)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mulgan|first1=Geoff|last2=Landry|first2=Charles|title=The other invisible hand : remaking charity for the 21st century|date=1995|publisher=Demos|location=London|isbn=9781898309819}}</ref> *''Libraries in a world of cultural change'' (1995) with Liz Greenhalgh & Ken Worpole<ref>{{cite book|last1=Landry|first1=Liz Grennhalgh & Ken Worpole with Charles|title=Libraries in a world of cultural change|date=1995|publisher=UCL Press|location=London|isbn=1857284690|edition=1. publ.}}</ref> *''The Creative City with Franco Bianchini'' (1994)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bianchini|first1=Charles Landry and Franco|title=The Creative City by C. Landry & F. Bianchini|date=1995|publisher=Demos in Association with Comedia|edition=First|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-City-C-Landry-Bianchini/dp/B0053YEXRE}}</ref> *''Borrowed time? :the future of public libraries in the UK'' (1993)<ref>{{cite book|title=Borrowed time? : the future of public libraries in the UK.|date=1993|publisher=Comedia|location=Bournes Green, Gloucestershire [England]|isbn=1873667450}}</ref> *''What a way to run a railroad: An analysis of radical failure'' (1985) with Dave Morley, Russell Southwood, Patrick Wright<ref>{{cite book|last1=al.]|first1=Charles Landry ... [et|title=What a way to run a railroad : an analysis of radical failure|date=1985|publisher=Comedia Pub. Group|location=London|isbn=0906890802}}</ref> *''Here is the Other News: Challenges to the Local Commercial Press'' (1980) with Crispin Aubrey and Dave Morley<ref>{{cite book|title=Here is the other news : challenges to the local commercial press.|date=1980|publisher=Minority Press Group|location=London|isbn=0906890004}}</ref> *''Where is the Other News: The Newstrade & the Radical Press'' (1980)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Berry|first1=Dave|last2=Landry|first2=Charles|last3=Cooper|first3=Liz|title=Where is the other news? : the newstrade & the radical press|date=1980|publisher=London : 9 Poland St., W1V 3DG : Minority Press Group|isbn=0906890012|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/25377335|language=English}}</ref> *''The Other Secret Service: Press distributors & press censorship'' (1980) with Liz Cooper and Dave Berry<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cooper|first1=Liz|last2=Landry|first2=Charles|last3=Berry|first3=Dave|title=The other secret service : press distributors & press censorship|date=1980|publisher=London (9 Poland St., W1V 3DG) : Minority Press Group ; Hadleigh : Campaign for Press Freedom|isbn=0906890152|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/25377346?selectedversion=NBD2094405|language=English}}</ref>

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== External links == {{Refbegin}} * {{Official website|http://www.charleslandry.com}} * [http://www.2010lab.tv/en/profile/charles_landry Charles Landry's own column on 2010LAB.tv] {{Refend}}

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