The texts were originally presented at the symposium Placing Art in the Public Realm, which was held at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in August 2007. The symposium, a joint venture between Konstfack and Södertörn University, inaugurated the masters program Art in the Public Realm, and was funded by the National Research Foundation. It was organized by Professor Måns Wrange (Konstfack) and Håkan Nilsson, Lecturer at Konstfack and Södertörn University, with support from several colleagues, most notably Professor Marysia Lewandowska and Andrea Creutz, Lecturer, both whom are at Konstfack. Placing art in the Public Realm revolved around questions of art and research, without making a clear distinction between the two. Some of the speakers are academics who research art and/or the public realm, while others are artists who use art as a means of researching the public realm.