Forthcoming publication

THE INTERCULTURAL CITY. Migration, Minorities and the Management of Diversity

Edited by Giovanna Marconi and Elena Ostanel
(May 2015, IB Tauris, Londra)

The book is about the notion of the intercultural city and explores, through theoretical reflections as well as case studies, whether and how it can be realized. The objective is to probe into the notion of the intercultural city under the assumption that so far the feasibility of it has been addressed in largely unsatisfactory ways.

Thanks to the analysis of several case studies from different national contexts, the book will address a more pragmatic notion of intercultural cities produced by local urban policies, probing that difference must become a “concrete realization” built on a common understanding of sense- and place-making. Based on the principle that all individuals have the same rights, in particular the right to the city, governments must assume diversity is a substantial component in the process of city-making. The intercultural city hinges on the elimination of all material and immaterial boundaries and promote policies capable of promoting sustainable urban inclusion and cohesion.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction – The intercultural city: exploring an elusive Idea – Giovanna Marconi

PART ONE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE INTERCULTURAL CITY FRAMEWORK

Chapter 1       Contemporary Urban Space and the Intercultural City – Marcello Balbo

Chapter 2       Urban policies and the intercultural city: a reflection on norms and contexts – Ruth Fincher

Chapter 3       Policy dimensions of an Intercultural City – Kseniya Khovanova-Rubicondo

PART TWO: INTERCULTURAL CITIES? EVIDENCE FROM CASE STUDIES ANALYSIS

Chapter 4       The Means and Meaning of Inter-Culturalism in Africa’s Urban Age – Loren B. Landau

Chapter 5       New Religious Spaces of Difference. Resources and Risks in the New Italian Religious Landscape – Adriano Cancellieri

Chapter 6       The Un-rooted City. Migrants Mapping Milan – Nausica Pezzoni

Chapter 7       Diversity and Interculturalism, a Critique and a Defence. Going Through Multiethnic Neighbourhoods in Rome – Marco Cremaschi and Carlotta Fioretti

Chapter 8       Intercultural Public Space and Activism – Michail Galanakis

Chapter 9       Parent Café: A right way for schools to become a truly multicultural space? – Alexei Medvedev

Chapter 10     Creating Meaningful Contact: Boundaries and Bridges in the Intercultural City – Gill Valentine and Lucy Mayblin

Chapter 11     Cultural Policy In Singapore. Cosmopolitan Competencies Asian Style – Peggy Levitt

Concluding Remarks – Moving toward a just intercultural city space – Elena Ostanel