Even a casual observer could not fail to notice the ritual descent of young adults onto city centre streets every Friday and Saturday night. City councils, the media and development agencies increasingly make reference to the quality of night life aimed at young people to boost the image of cities while commentators remark on the role of night time activity in the revival of Britain's city centres. This project, then, looks in more detail at the connections between young people and changes in urban nightlife (bars, clubs, pubs, music venues).
This project is funded by the ESRC, and is being undertaken in CURDS and the Department of Sociology at the University of Newcastle, UK.
NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE Changing our 'toon'. Youth nightlife and Urban Change in Newcastle (2001) FRIDAY NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT Youth cultural identity in the post industrial city, Robert Hollands (1995) (pdf format)
Youth nightlife and Urban Change in Newcastle: 15 page summaryMaps for Newcastle Ownership, and Branding and Style. Data for Newcastle Fig 1. Change in ownership 1950-2000 , Fig 2. Current venue owners and Fig 3. Current venue styles.
Youth culture and nightlife in Bristol. Full Report - 100 pages Youth culture and nightlife in Bristol. Summary - 10 pagesMaps for Bristol Ownership, Branding and Style. Data for Bristol Fig 1. Change in ownership 1950-2000 , Fig 2. Current venue owners and Fig 3. Current venue styles.
Youth and nightlife in the corporate city. The case of Leeds. Full Report - 100 pages Youth and nightlife in the corporate city. The case of Leeds. Summary Report - 10 pagesMaps for Leeds Ownership , Branding and Style. Data for Leeds Fig 1. Change in ownership 1950-2000 , Fig 2. current venue owners and Fig 3. Current venue styles. 
RADIO 4 THINKING ALLOWED WITH LAURIE TAYLOR (2/1/02 - 30 MINS) TYNE TEES TV VIDEO CLIP. (2 mins) 30/10/01 FINANCIAL TIMES. Exclusion from bars that goes beyond door policy Oct 31, 2001 By CHRIS TIGHE THE INDEPENDENT. Boozers lose out to designer bar culture. 01 November 2001. By Cahal Milmo GUARDIAN. Night on the toon fades into wine bar chic. November 1, 2001. By Martin Wainwright BBC NEWS Wednesday, 31 October, 2001, 16:55 GMT 'Flashy' bars upstage a pint and kebab TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT Friday, 2nd Novemebr, 2001, 'Vodka threatens Geordie spirit... almost' THE NEWCASTLE JOURNAL Friday 2nd November, 2001, 'Flashy' bars upstage a pint and kebab THE NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE, Friday 2nd November, 2001, 'Bitter taste of trendy bars' THE SUNDAY OBSERVER, Nov 4, 2001. Eye witness: Not all students are drunkards. Just most. YORKSHIRE EVENING POST. Nov 2, 2001. Barred by the style police BY ALISON BELLAMY Chatterton, P. and Hollands, R (2002) Theorising Urban Playscapes: Producing, Regulating and Consuming Youthful Nightlife City Spaces. Urban Studies. Vol. 39, No. 1. p95-116 Chatterton, P. (2002) 'Squatting is still legal, necessary and free'. A brief intervention in the corporate city. Antipode. Vol. 34, No. 1. Chatterton, P. (2000) 'Will the real creative city please stand up? City. Vol 4. No 3.p 390-397 Hollands, R. (2002) 'Division in the dark: Youth cultures, transitions and segmented consumption spaces in the night-time economy'. Journal of Youth Studies 5, 2, pp. 1-20. COMING SOON. Changing times for an old industrial city. Youth, nightlife and urban change in Newcastle. Robert Hollands and Paul Chatterton COMING SOON. Chatterton, P. and Hollands, H. (2003) A tale of three cities. Making urban nightscapes in Newcastle, Bristol and Leeds, in NIGHT AND THE CITY (eds.)Anthony Kinik and Geoff Stahl. Verso. NEW MAJOR BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE IN 2003 Chatterton, P. and Hollands, H. (2003) Making Urban Playscapes. Youth cultures and pleasure spaces and corporate power. London: Routledge
Dr Paul Chatterton - Project Co-ordinator (paul.chatterton@ncl.ac.uk) Dr Robert Hollands - Project Co-ordinator (robert.hollands@ncl.ac.uk) Dr Bernie C. Byrnes - Research Associate (c.a.byrnes@ncl.ac.uk) Ms Caitlin Read - Research Assistant (c.l.read@ncl.ac.uk) Ms Meg Aubrey - Research Assistant (Meg_Aubrey@excite.com)
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