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intercultural city

Phil Wood

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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

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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

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I K BRUNEL•Innovation

•Intercultural

•City advantage

•Bridge-builder

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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

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Rich MixLondon

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Millennium Park Chicago

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PortaPalazzoTurin

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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

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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

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THANK YOU

philwood@comedia.org.uk

www.interculturalcity.com