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The Agenda 21 for Culture is the first document with worldwide mission that advocates establishing the groundwork of an undertaking by cities and local governments for cultural development.
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Intercultural City: Planning for the Intercultural City
by Jude Bloomfield & Franco Bianchini, Comedia 2004
This book forms part of the research project The Intercultural City: Making the Most of Diversity, led by Comedia and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It provides a background to debates about multiculturalism and interculturalism, and their relevance to innovative and progressive urban policy-making. 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 cosmopolitan civic identity and culture, and offers exemplary initiatives which adopt an 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 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.
Cost (GST inclusive): $20 plus $4 postage and handling within Australia, or $12 overseas. Order form available here
Agenda 21 for Culture
United Cities and Local Governments
‘Agenda 21 for Culture’ is the first document with worldwide mission that advocates establishing the groundwork of an undertaking by cities and local governments for cultural development. The ‘Agenda 21 for Culture’ was agreed by cities and local governments from all over the world to enshrine their commitment to human rights, cultural diversity, sustainability, participatory democracy and creating conditions for peace. Agenda 21 for Culture’ is the first document with worldwide mission that advocates establishing the groundwork of an undertaking by cities and local governments for cultural development.
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) adopted the Agenda 21 for culture as a reference document for its programmes on culture and assumed the role of coordinator of the process subsequent to its approval. UCLG’s Working Group on Culture, constituted in Beijing on 9 June 2005, is the meeting point for cities, local governments and networks that place culture at the heart of their development processes.
A growing number of cities and local governments the world over have adhered to the Agenda 21 for culture in their local councils. The process has raised the interest of international organisations, national governments and civil society.
This publication can be downloaded from agenda21culture.net. Hard copies (which are free) are available from the Cultural Development Network. Order form available here.
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