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THE INTERCULTURAL CITIES
CONFERENCE
1-3 May 2008
COMEDIA in association with EUCLID is
organising a major conference to mark the European Year of Intercultural
Dialogue 2008.
During the three days, leading speakers from across Europe, UK Cities, as well
the US, Canada and Australia will provide real examples of how being intercultural
works, bringing social, cultural and economic advantages. They include globalization
guru Saskia Sassen, New York Times writer Gregg Zachary who
argues cities and business must ‘mongrelize or die’, the world authority
on cultural diversity and city planning Leonie Sandercock, Lord
Bhikhu Parekh who says it is time to rethink multiculturalism and Keith
Khan, Head of Culture for the 2012 Olympic Games. There will also be
great opportunities to explore the city of Liverpool, the 2008 European Capital
of Culture.
For more information and details of how to book a place, go to http://inter.culture.info/icc
Drawing together all strands of the research project, Phil Wood
and Charles Landry's book The Intercultural City: Planning
for Diversity
Advantage will be published by Earthscan
in November,
2007. For further information visit our Publications page.
COMEDIA engaged by the British government's Commission on Integration and Cohesion
COMEDIA has been engaged by the British government's Commission on Integration and Cohesion to write a Think Piece on Bringing Communities and People Together. You can access a copy of the Think Piece by clicking here, as well as the Commission's overall findings by clicking here.
Making the Most of Diversity Project
The final report of the Making the Most of Diversity project is now complete and has been received and approved by its commissioner the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It has now been published and is available for download from the following link: http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubID=837
Documents to Download
All the research published within the project to date is now available to be downloaded, go to Downloads page.
Spin-off Project
As a consequence of work undertaken for the Tower Hamlets case study, COMEDIA has been commissioned to do a new piece of work for the UK Academy of Sustainable Communities. This is a study of current practice in relation to the consultation and engagement of communities in respect to urban planning and development and the extent to which principles of interculturalism and community cohesion are being adopted. There is a particular focus on the new skills and aptitudes required by planning and development professionals in a diverse environment.
Available for download, go to Downloads page.
Intercultural City featured at major conferences
The Project has been presented at the World Summit on Arts and Culture which was held at The Sage, Gateshead, UK in June 2006.
The Project was also selected as the topic of a workshop at the world's leading gathering of experts on cultural diversity in cities. Metropolis is an annual conference was held in Toronto in October 2005. The city's Metro Convention Centre played host to over a thousand delegates www.toronto.ca/metropolis/english/index.htm. The project was also selected as a plenary topic for the Local Government Chronicle Annual Summit, held in Oxford in September 2005.
In June 2006 Richard Brecknock presented a key note paper on intercultural planning and design at the International Cities and Towns Conference in Newcastle, Australia. He provided delegates from Australia, New Zealand and Asia with an overview of the project and summaries of the case studies in Auckland, Logan and Lewisham.
The Intercultural City was also the subject of a pre-conference workshop.
In November 2006 Richard Brecknock is presenting a paper on the Intercultural City project at the Transformations 2006 conference at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
www.ictcsociety.org/conf2006/index.htm
February 2005: Feature Article
On the 23rd of February The Guardian included a feature article on the Intercultural City project including an interview with COMEDIA's Phil Wood. To read pdf version of the article click the link below.