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As part of the Intercultural City project a series of related books are being published.
BOOK 1: THE INTERCULTURAL CITY READER edited by
Phil Wood Or so the theory goes. But if diversity really is such a boon for cities, do we really understand how it translates into economic growth and community good. How does difference and convergent thinking lead to urban innovation? What are the processes and who are the key actors and how can they be better understood and planned for? How can cities balance the innovative potential of diversity with the needs to create cohesion and common purpose? And how can we move beyond the idea of urban diversity as exotica and into a pragmatic appraisal of intercultural exchange as a resource and an asset? Gathering together 30 texts from an eclectic selection of sources, this Reader brings an unprecendented multiplicity of perspectives on this important issues. Works by major urbanists such as Jane Jacobs, Peter Hall, Richard Florida and Leonie Sandercock sit alongside texts from the fields of economics and innovation, anthropology and cultural studies, management and communication as well as polemics from all sides of the debate on national identity, immigration and hybridity. ISBN 1 873667 92 2 - (2004) - 372 pages - £15.00
BOOK 2: PLANNING FOR THE INTERCULTURAL CITY by
Jude Bloomfield and Franco Bianchini It argues that city governments should promote cross-fertilisation across all cultural boundaries, between 'majority' and 'minorities', 'dominant' and 'sub' cultures, localities, classes, faiths, disciplines and genres, as the source of cultural, social, political and economic innovation. It starts by putting forward the argument for the intercultural city, and by evaluating different approaches to dealing with cultural diversity. It then highlights problematic urban trends, including the needs to address socio-economic inequalities, the spatial segregation of ethnic minority groups and ethnic segregation in public life. It discusses the challenge of creating a intercultural approach, found in a variety of European cities and across a range of policy fields, from local economic development to health, education, place marketing and festivals. The concluding section focuses on the need to rethink the practices of city authorities. The aim is to make the urban policy-making process more open to creative ideas, and better able to learn from the experiences of other cities and collaborate with the academic community and the third sector, so that the richness of talent and entrepreneurship in ethnic minority groups can be realised. ISBN 1 873667 97 3 - (2004) - 125 pages - £10.00
The author explores the notion that it is vital for city managers, planners and designers to think, plan and act culturally in order to create places where we can live in a culturally rich, safe and diverse built environment - where a bridge can be more than just a bridge. ISBN 1 837667 04 3 (2006) - 131 pages - £10.00 For secure on-line purchasing of these publications please visit www.comedia.org.uk
Creative City Policy - Brisbane City Council, QLD Richard Brecknock: Creative Capital: creative industries in the "creative city", 2003 The following Acrobat PDF is a conference paper
presented by Richard Brecknock at the People + Place Conference
organised by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects held
in Drawin in August 2002. Heritage:
Our recent cultural legacy - ICOMOS, Adelaide, 2001
COMEDIA: Conference Presentations Creative Collaboration Leadership Forum The following Acrobat PDF file is a copy of the
presentation made by Charles Landry on Creativity & Industry
in the City, in Brisbane in July 2002 at the Creative Industry Forum.
A Handbook by Richard Brecknock
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