Introduction Curating Research, Theory and Practice (Cara Courage and Anita McKeown) Section One ? Evolving Ecologies 1 Creative Placemaking: Reflections on a 21st Century American Arts Policy Initiative 2 Spaces of Vernacular Creativity Reconsidered Section Two ? Dialogical Ecologies 3 Turning local interests into local action: Community-Based Art and the case of Wrecked! On The Intertidal Zone 4 Arrivals and Departures: Navigating an Emotional Landscape of Belonging and Displacement at Barangaroo in Sydney, Australia 5 A Case for Human-Scale Social Space in Mumbai Section Three - Scalable Ecologies 6 A Rural Case: Beyond Creative Placemaking 7 Creative Placemaking in Peri-Urban Gothenburg ? Mission Impossible? 8 A Conversation between a Collaborating Artist and Curator: Placemaking, Socially Engaged Art, and Deep Investment in People Section 4 ? Challenging Ecologies 9 Temporary Spatial Object/Architecture as a Typology for Placemaking 10 Place Guarding: Activist Art against Gentrification 11 Outros Espacos: Apathy and Lack of Engagement in Participatory Processes Section 5 ? Extending Ecologies 12 Towards Beauty and a Civics Of Place: Notes From The Thriving Cities Project13 From Indicators to Face Validity to Theory-and Back Again: Measuring Outcomes of U.S. Creative Placemaking Projects Conclusion Moving into the beyond ? what’s next for creative placemaking?