Publications (extended)
Books
Gibson, L. 2014, Museums and the Politics of Urban Development, Routledge.
Gibson, L. and Pendlebury, J. (eds.), 2009, Valuing Historic Environments, Ashgate. See Ashgate website for details. See Museum and Society, 7: 3, 2009 and Architectural Science Review, 52: 4, 2009 for reviews.
This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars to discuss frameworks of value in relation to the preservation of historic environments. Starting from the premise that heritage values are culturally and historically constructed, the book examines the effects of pluralist frameworks of value on how preservation is conceived. It questions the social and economic consequences of constructions of value and how to balance a responsive, democratic conception of heritage with the pressure to deliver on social and economic objectives. It also describes the practicalities of managing the uncertainty and fluidity of the widely varying conceptions of heritage.
Gibson, L. and Besley, J. 2004, Monumental Queensland: Signposts on a Cultural Landscape, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane.
Details of the book.
See the introduction and second chapter on google books.
This book is the first Australian examination of outdoor cultural objects defined broadly. Monumental Queensland is relevant to an international audience due to the framework it develops for examining significance in public art and other outdoor cultural objects. Monumental Queensland discusses over 200 war memorials, monuments and other traditional statuary, as well as contemporary outdoor objects commissioned by government art funding programs and how, in contrast to more traditional histories, these ‘artistic’ endeavours can be understood in a continuum with other outdoor cultural objects such as ‘The Big Pineapple’, Rockhampton’s ‘Bulls’ and the monument to ‘Destructo the Cockroach’ in Cunnamulla. We argue that the cultural significance of such objects must be judged in relation to the ways in which they articulate local identities, rather than their ‘aesthetic’ significance or their significance in relation to (often) homogenous constructions of State or national identity.
Gibson, L. 2001, The Uses of Art: Constructing Australian Identities, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane. Details of the book.
For excerpts including the introduction see google books.
The book covers the 'pre-history' and history of cultural policy and programs in Australia commencing with mechanics institutes and concluding with popular music festivals. This book examines the ways in which cultural programs, whether articulated as mono-cultural or multi-cultural, high art or pop music, are centrally about the construction of different forms of identity, identity formations which are amenable to governmental calculation.
Edited Journal Special Issues
O’Regan, T., Gibson, L. and Jeffcutt, P. eds. 2004, ‘Creative Networks’, Media International Australia, 112, August, 5-8. View the journal or link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. and Stevenson, D. eds. 2004, ‘Urban Space and the Uses of Culture’, International Journal of Cultural Policy Studies, 10, 1, 1-4. View the journal or link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive
Gibson, L. and O’Regan, T. eds. 2002, ‘Culture: Development, Industry, Distribution’, Media International Australia, 102, February. View the journal or link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive
Refereed Journal Articles
Gibson, L., 2013, Piazzas or Stadiums: Towards an alternative account of museums in cultural and urban development', Museum Worlds: Advances in research, 1, 1. View the journal.
Gibson, L., 2008, 'In Defence of Instrumentality', Cultural Trends, 17, 4.
View the journal or link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive
Gibson, L. 2002, ‘Managing the People: Art Programs in the American Depression’, Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, 31, 4, 279-292.
Link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2002, ‘The Real Business of Life: Art and Citizenship during the Australian Post-War Reconstruction’, Cultural Studies Review (formerly UTS Review), 8, 1, 45-58.
Link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2002, ‘Creative Industries and Cultural Development: Still the Janus Face?’ Media International Australia, 102, February, 25-34.
Link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2001, ‘Cultural Development meets Rock and Roll (or what government can learn from pop music festivals)’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 7, 3, 479-492.
Link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2001, ‘Governing Art and Identity’, Australian Humanities Review, September- November. Link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 1999, ‘The Arts as Industry’, Media International Australia, 90: February, 107-122.
Link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 1997, ‘Art, Citizenship and Government: “Art for the People” in New Deal America and the 1940s in England and Australia’, Culture and Policy, 8, 3, 41-56.
Link to the article on the Leicester Research Archive.
Book Chapters
Gibson, L., 2009, 'Cultural Landscapes and Identity', in Valuing Historic Environments, edited by Gibson, L. and Pendlebury, J., Ashgate.
Gibson, L. and Pendlebury, J., 2009, 'Valuing Historic Environments', in Valuing Historic Environments, edited by Gibson, L. and Pendlebury, J., Ashgate. View the book chapter or link to the book chapter via the Leicester Research Archive
Conference— edited volumes of conference proceedings (refereed):
Besley, J. and Gibson, L. 2004, ‘Pioneers and Public Art: The Use of History in Constructing Identity in Outdoor Cultural Objects’, Edquist, H. and Frichot, H., eds., LIMITS: The 21st annual conference of the society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, 32 -37. Link to the paper on the Leicester Research Archive
Gibson, L. 2002, ‘Creative Industries and Cultural Development: Still the Janus Face?’, Culturelink Special Issue 2001: Convergence, Creative Industries and Civil Society, The New Cultural Policy, 99-110. Link to the paper on the Leicester Research Archive
Gibson, L. 2002, ‘Cultural Industries and Cultural Development: Still the Janus Face?’, ‘Cultural Sites, Cultural Theory, Cultural Policy, The Second International Conference on Cultural Policy Research Proceedings’, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand.
Long Book Reviews
Gibson, L., 2010, ‘Bennett, Tony, Culture: A Reformer’s Science’, International Journal of Cultural Policy Special Review of Books, 16, 1, 29-31, See the journal and link to the paper on the Leicester Research Archive
Gibson, L., 2010, ‘Culture, Class, Distinction’, Cultural Trends, 245-248, See the journal and link to the paper on the Leicester Research Archive
Non-Refereed Articles (inc. catalogue essays)
Gibson, L. 2004, ‘Art, Government and War - Lessons From the Past’, Arts Hub News, 25 April, View the article.
Gibson, L. 2003, ‘We are the Square State’, Courier Mail, Wed. 27 August, 17.
Gibson L. and Besley, J. 2003, ‘Heritage Drowns in Coffee’, Courier Mail, Sat. 5 July, 25.
Gibson, L. 2000, ‘Without Walls: Digitising arts organisations’, RealTime, February- March, p. 10
Gibson, L. 2000, ‘Without Walls: Cultural Organisations Beyond the Millennium’, FineArt Forum, vol. 14, no. 1.
Gibson, L. 2000, ‘Double Happiness: Youth and Cultural Development’, ART AsiaPacific, 27, p. 93.
Gibson, L. 1999, ‘Which Public? The Percent for Art Debate’, Media and Culture Review, 2.
Gibson, L. 1994, ‘Craig Walsh: Breathing Space’, Installations, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
Conference— edited volumes of conference proceedings (non-refereed):
Gibson, L. 2004, ‘Mechanics, Gold and the Uses of Art’, Buildings, Books and Beyond: Mechanics’ Worldwide 2004, Prahran Mechanics Institute Press, Victoria. See the conference paper.
Gibson, L. 2004, Guest speaker, ‘Cultural Planning and the Creative Tropical City’, The Creative Tropical City, Charles Darwin Symposium Series 2004, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, June, 2004. See the conference paper.
Gibson, L. 2004, Keynote speaker, 'Port Phillip's Creative Class' at Recreating Urban Culture, Port Phillip City Council, Melbourne, March, 2004. Link to the conference paper at the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2003, Guest speaker, ‘Cultural policy and the built environment—Cultural Vitality for Who?’ at Beyond Cultural Policy—A Cultural Vitality Symposium, Port Phillip City Council, Melbourne, July 2003. View the conference paper and resources or link to the conference paper on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2000, ‘Cultural development meets Rock and Roll (or what government can learn from pop music festivals)’, Asia-Pacific Regional Centre of the Culturelink Network Newsletter, November 2000.
Commissioned Reports
Hooper-Greenhill, E., Dodd, J., Gibson, L., and Jones, C., 2007, The Madonna of the Pinks: evaluation of the Education and Community Strategy for the Madonna of the Pinks 2004-2007, RCMG and the National Gallery. Link to the report.
Hooper-Greenhill, E., Dodd, J., Gibson, L., Phillips, M., Jones, C. and Sullivan, E., 2006, What did you learn at the museum today? Second study. Evaluation of the outcomes and impact of learning through implementation of the Education Programme Delivery Plan across nine regional hubs, RCMG and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Link to the report.
Dodd, J., Gibson, L., Jones, C., Pickford, C., Porter, G., 2005, Engaging Archives with Inspiring Learning for All: A report prepared for MLA North West, RCMG and MLA North West. Link to the report.
Gibson, L. 2004, The Governance of Heritage Significance and the Protection of Public Art, Queensland Government and University of Melbourne. Link to the report on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. and Hunter, M. A. 2000, Creative Training at Griffith University, Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane.
Gibson, L. 1999, ‘Criteria of Professionalism’, Visual Arts Industry Guidelines Research Project, Smith, T., Winikoff, T., Callus, R., Throsby, D., Bond, T. and Simpson, S., NAVA, Sydney.
PhD Thesis
Gibson, L. 1999, Art and Citizenship- Governmental Intersections, Griffith University, Australia.
Link direct to the thesis or link via the Leicester Research Archive.
Short Book Reviews
Gibson, L. 2004, ‘Review: Miller, Toby and Yudice, George: Cultural Policy’, Media International Australia, 112, August. Link to the review on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2003, ‘Review: Gray, Clive: The Politics of the Arts In Britain’, Media International Australia, 109, November, 191. Link to the review on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2003, ‘Review: Bennett, T. and Carter, D. (eds.): Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs’, Media International Australia, 107, May, 147-148. Link to the review on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 2001, ‘Review: Bennett, T., Emmison, M. and Frow, J.: Accounting for Tastes: Australian Everyday Cultures’, Media International Australia, 98, 182-183. Link to the review on the Leicester Research Archive.
Gibson, L. 1999, ‘Review: Cultural Organisations of the Future’, Media International Australia, 93, 165-166. Link to the review on the Leicester Research Archive.
