Navigating the Journey From Conflict to Interculturalism PIE 20130100
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intercultural city
Phil Wood
intercultural city
Congo SquareNew Orleans
Intercultural Space
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Jelly Roll MortonIntercultural Innovator
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intercultural cityDifferent international approaches to cultural diversity
•Melting pot - USA•Civic integration - France•Ethnic nationalism – Germany, Japan •Laissez-faire – Italy, Spain•Multiculturalism – Netherlands, UK
intercultural cityInner city riotsNorthern England2001
ConclusionCommunities in Britain are leading parallel lives
UK – the emerging debate
intercultural city7 July 2005London bombings
UK – the emerging debate
intercultural city“We are sleepwalking our way to segregation.
Britain must scrap multiculturalism”
Trevor PhillipsChairman of Commission
for Racial Equality
UK – the emerging debate
intercultural city
How can cities make diversity their advantage?
intercultural cityHow might diversity UNDERMINE a city?
•Complexity
•Loss of cohesion
•Low civic commitment
•Job displacement
•Exploitation/exclusion/crime
•Indigenous backlash
intercultural cityHow might diversity ENHANCE a city?
•Complementary skills
•Access to markets and capital
•Aspiration & entrepreneurship
•Creativity & innovation
•Cosmopolitan brand
•Visitor experience
intercultural cityTHE ARGUMENTS
Richard Florida•Creative Class
•Technology Talent Tolerance
•Correlative not causal
Gregg Zachary•Mongrel capitalism
•Diversity Advantage
intercultural cityTHE ARGUMENTS
Giovanni PeriEconomic Value of Diversity
•immigrants add 3-4% to value of native wages
•Wealth follows diversity not vice versa
•Causal, not correlative
intercultural cityDIVERSITY ADVANTAGE
intercultural city
I K BRUNEL•Innovation
•Intercultural
•City advantage
•Bridge-builder
intercultural city
intercultural cityINTERCULTURAL INNOVATION
•Palo Alto
•Singapore
intercultural cityCITY BRANDING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Toronto
intercultural cityCITY BRANDING
London – 2012 Olympics
intercultural cityGOVERNANCE & CITIZENSHIP
Engagement and mediation
Durban -eNdondakusuka
intercultural cityURBAN DYNAMICS & VALUE
The Netherlands
intercultural cityINTERCULTURALSPACES
intercultural city
Rich MixLondon
intercultural city
Millennium Park Chicago
intercultural city
PortaPalazzoTurin
intercultural city
PortaPalazzoTurin
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UndervaerketRandersDenmark
intercultural cityThe Research Project• Funded by the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation• Four case studies in UK cities• Six studies in international cities• Eight thematic studies• Studies of 32 individuals
Intercultural cityFINDINGS
intercultural cityDiversity alone is not a guarantor of prosperity
FINDINGS
There needs to be:
•Reasons to interact
•Incentives to interact
•Places, institutions and agents of interaction
intercultural cityCreating the conditions for Diversity Advantage
•A framework of rights and equalities
•Openness
•Cultural literacy
•Interculturalism
•The intercultural lens
•Intercultural innovators
FINDINGS
intercultural cityCreating the conditions for Diversity Advantage
Openness•Movement
•Residence
•Trade
•Faith
•Creative expression
FINDINGS
intercultural cityCreating the conditions for Diversity Advantage
Cultural literacy•Seeing the city through others’ eyes
•Telling the story of the city in diverse ways
FINDINGS
intercultural cityINTERCULTURALISM
• Recognise difference – emphasise similarities• Highlight hybridity – downplay purity• A single, diverse public sphere• Resource the places where cultures meet• Resource bridge-builders not gate-keepers• Don’t avoid conflict – manage it
FINDINGS
intercultural cityCreating the conditions for Diversity Advantage
Seeing…•Education•City planning•Transport•Wealth creation
…through an intercultural lens
FINDINGS
intercultural cityCity planning through an intercultural lensIf greater intercultural engagement was one of our priorities, how would we do things differently?
•An open space
•A housing estate
•A downtown quarter
•A school?
FINDINGS
intercultural city
The interculturally-literate planner:• Asks the right people• Asks the right questions• Recognises multiple intelligences• Reads multiple forms of
expression/information• Plans by increment not blueprint
FINDINGSCity planning through an intercultural lens
intercultural cityINTERCULTURAL INNOVATORS
FINDINGS
Cross boundaries
intercultural cityINTERCULTURAL INNOVATORS
FINDINGS
Go where others don’t go
intercultural cityINTERCULTURAL INNOVATORS
FINDINGS
Build bridges
At great personal risk!
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURRita Patel
BUSINESSWOMANGeetie Singh
POLITICIANDavid Faulkner
ARTISTKeith Khan
INTERCULTURAL INNOVATORS
intercultural cityINDICATORS OF INTERCULTURALISM
• Isolation index• Cultural mixing in housing and schools• Inter-ethnic marriage• New kinds of intercultural professions• Cross-cultural business and civic networks• Diverse cultural influences on built environment• Shared cultural celebrations
FINDINGS
intercultural cityOutcomes• Evidence to Government Commission on
Integration and Cohesion• National guidance to planners on public
engagement• Developing Indicators of Interculturalism
with UK cities
