Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities by Richard Sennett.
World Cities Culture Report initiative set up by the Mayor of London. It has quickly emerged as a powerful new voice in the global cultural policy debate and now includes 22 members from around the world (Beijing is also a member of the Forum but could not participate in this year’s report). The organisation provides its members with the opportunity to discuss and examine culture at a city.
The essay sin this book are the first modern explorations of what it means to live in a city; they are also the greatest essays on city culture yet written. Almost all of these works were composed between 1900 and WWII, but they belong together not simply because they share a common epoch or a common reputation. Most of the writers in these pieces worked with each other in sequence, and out.
The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor is designed to help national, regional and municipal policy makers identify local strengths and opportunities and benchmark their cities against similar urban centres using both quantitative and qualitative data. The Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor is thus an instrument to promote mutual exchange.
Secondary cities need to work even harder on their cultural offer and major events and accolades such as the European City of Culture can be catalytic in increasing internal self-confidence and external resonance. The best cities are ultimately experienced as living works of art.
Cities Are Not to Blame for the Spread of COVID-19—nor Is the Demise of Cities an Appropriate Response Rob McDonald, Washington, DC Erica Spotswood, Oakland We are all living a slowly unfolding tragedy, as Covid-19 (coronavirus) spreads in communities around the world, with (as of 26 April 2020) over 3 million confirmed cases and more than 210,000 deaths.
Cities are where most of humanity’s creative and intellectual ideation, communication, and innovation takes place, so understanding cities is vital to understanding our civilization. To help do that, here is an omnibus of seven fantastic books exploring the complex and faceted nature, function, history, and future of urbanity’s precious living organism, from design to sociology to.
This paper seeks to find evidence for the impact of local culture—living culture and cultural heritage—on regional socio-economic development in Greece. The main aim of the paper is to.