About Public Culture
The term public culture comprises all that takes place in public space and in public life: involving the ways in which lives are structured and enacted. It asserts a differentiation of that which is "public" and that which is "private", both in terms of economic structures and in terms of issues of access and privacy. In current society it specifically addresses issues around the privatization of public institutions and functions. For more on the terms "public" and "culture" see the entries in the Keywords for American Cultural Studies. The entry for public is by Bruce Robbins. The entry for culture is by George Yúdice.
Where is public?
What we do in public?
What is owned by the public?
How do we regard public?
Public Accountability Public Access Public Accountant Public Address Public Adulation Public Affairs Public Administration Public Appeal Public Art Public Assembly Public Auction Public Auditorium Public Awareness Public Bathing Public Beach Public Body Public Broadcasting Public Capital Public Census Public Citizen Public Choice Public Company Public Consultancy Public Consumption Public Corporation Public Course Public Debt Public Defender Public Development Public Display Public Diplomacy Public Domain Public Economics Public Education Public Employee Public Enemy Public Entity Public Eye Public Event Public Facility Public Finance Public Figure Public Float Public Funding Public Garden Public Gathering Public Good Public Hanging Public Health Public Highway Public History Public Holiday Public House Public Housing Public Humiliation Public Image Public Imaginary Public Indecency Public Indiscretion Public Information Public Inquiry Public Integrity Public Intoxication Public Institution Public Instrument Public Intellectual Public Interest Public Land Public Ledger Public Leadership Public Lecture Public Liability Public License Public Library Public Limited Public Market Public Management Public Media Public Meeting Public Member Public Menace Public Museum Public Notary Public Nudity Public Nuisance Public Offering Public Office Public Official Public Opinion Public Order Public Park Public Performance Public Phenomenon Public Phone Public Place Public Policy Public Pool Public Practice Public Pressure Public Proofs Public Property Public Pulse Public Radio Public Relations Public Record Public Restroom Public Road Public Safety Public Scene Public School Public Sector Public Security Public Service Public Servant Public Space Public Spectacle Public Speaking Public Sphere Public Square Public Street Public Subsidiary Public Television Public Telephone Public Theater Public Thing Public Toilet Public Transportation Public Trail Public Trial Public Trust Public University Public Welfare Public Works Publican Republic Res Publica
This entry was originally drafted by Paul Wittenbraker in 2012. Additional information and a comprehensive list of organizational influences and models can be found on an older wiki that is no longer updated, but still maintained for archival purposes.