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Entering cosmopolis: Crossingover, hybridity, conciliation and the Intercultural City Ecosystem

Before I answer the question: “How is nature critical to a twenty-first century urban ethic?” I first need to ask the more fundamental question: “What is nature and how is it constructed by people in our increasingly different and diverse urban communities?” Cities of difference are places where we are “in the presence of otherness,” as Sennett puts it—namely, our increasingly different, diverse, and culturally heterogeneous urban areas Read the full article here 

By |2018-02-03T09:34:53-04:00January 22nd, 2014|Just Sustainabilities|0 Comments
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Interculturalism and culturally inclusive space I

Part 1 Challenges: Contact, conflict, separation, segregation. In my blog Cities of (in)Difference I discussed Bloomfield and Bianchini’s (2002, p. 6) intercultural dream where “different cultures intersect, ‘contaminate’ each other and hybridise.” Clearly parks, public spaces and streets have a role to play in this. Unfortunately however, culturally inclusive spaces, those designed intentionally around the recognition of difference, diversity, and cultural heterogeneity have neither been a major focus of study in the planning literature nor are [...]

By |2012-11-09T16:34:24-04:00November 9th, 2012|Just Sustainabilities|0 Comments
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Cities of (in)Difference?

Cities of difference (Fincher and Jacobs 1998) are places where we are “in the presence of otherness” (Sennett 1990 p123) — namely, our increasingly different, diverse, and culturally heterogeneous urban areas.  Yet as I travel around the world I see token, or very little recognition, understanding of, and engagement with this difference, diversity, and cultural heterogeneity in creative and productive ways. Moreover, I've seen no examples which could be said to be capable of fundamentally transforming civic institutions, [...]

By |2012-04-13T17:03:36-04:00April 13th, 2012|Just Sustainabilities|0 Comments
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