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Cultural Encounters: The Mosaic of Urban Identities in Marseille 17-18 October 2013

The Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference of the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture under the title


CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS: THE MOSAIC OF URBAN IDENTITIES

shall be held 17-18th of October 2013 and will be hosted by
Aix-Marseille Université & EHESS
Marseille, France
European Capital of Culture 2013

Venue: Villa Méditerranée

Thursday 17 October 2013

       

        Villa Mediterranee

9.30 – 10.00 Registration
9.30 – 10.00 Press Conference
10.00 – 12.00 Opening Ceremony

 

Bill Chambers and the panel of speakers


1. Address by Prof. Bill Chambers, Vice President of UNeECC
2. Address by Prof. Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur, President of the École des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales (tbc)
3. Address by Prof. Denis Bertin, Vice-President of d’Aix-Marseille Université

4. Address by Jean-François Chougnet, General Director of Marseille-Provence
2013 (tbc)

 

12.00 – 13.00 Buffet lunch
13.00 – 14.00 General Assembly of UNeECC
14.00 – 14.30 Coffee Break
14.30 – 16.00 Plenary Session I.

Section B - Multiculturalism and urban identities

Empowerment by cultural narratives and new voices

Multicultural Marseilles? Towards a relative understanding of narratives of diversity in France’s second city

 

Claire Bullen

Talked about urban positioning made possible by following one of two strategies:

a) trans-national

b) sub-national / regional

Very critical in her presentation of the kind of narratives cities would develop once they have received the designation of the title.

How to support urban interculturalism? – Analysis of artistic and cultural mediation practices in Belgian cities

Read and see! Cultural maps beyond touristic expectations in so-called
"Little Global Cities"

Section C - Cultural diversity and prospects in the ECoC heritage

Expression of reception and appropriation through participative and interactive Sound Installation: The Specific Case of « La Parole est aux usagers » at Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse during Marseille Provence 2013

Elise Billiard, University of Malta, Msida:

Ecoc Urban Borders and Public Spaces in Valletta 2018

CampUSCulturae, a place for multicultural dialogue in the heart of Santiago de Compostela, European capital of Culture in 2000

Building on Cultural Encounters: The impact of a Capital of Culture encounter between Liverpool Hope University and South Asian Cultural Organisation

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break

16.30 – 18.00 Plenary Session II.

Section B - Multiculturalism and urban identities

The significance of urban development and domestic architecture in the multicultural town development using the example of the city of Graz, Austria

On the meaning of cultural diversity and creativity: urban manifestations

Multilingualism as an Exposure of Multiculturalism: the Case of Riga

Section C - Cultural diversity and prospects in the ECoC heritage

Diversity or multiculturalism in for European Capitals of Culture

Building up a new intercultural urban identity: the case study of
Genova04

Multicultural city in the Mediterranean territory green city Palermo 2019

The missing European dimension

19.30. Gala Dinner: Cercle des Nageurs
Address: Rue des Catalans

Friday 18 October 2013
Venue: Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2, rue de la Charité

 

9.00 – 10.30 Parallel Sessions III.

Section A - Culture for public spaces and urban development

Cultural encounters in accessible spaces: Porticoes in Bologna

The spaces of a city and the identity’s narratives

The Critical View to the Role of Space in the Politics of Intercultural Dialogue

Section B - Multiculturalism and urban identities

Valletta: an epitome of multiculturalism

 

 

 

Multiculturalism in university environment – the decision making of international students when choosing their places of study

Multiple cultural strata and one urban identity: Challenges and opportunities in Patras, Greece

               

                Helene Simoni

Kurdish migrants on Marseille’s musical stage

Multicultural Wroclaw: myth, reality, paradoxes and the educational challenges

Kamila Kaminska

                              

                               Her main question: is not a city in the desert?

In her presentation, she developed four basic ideas:

  1. Palimpset
  2. Absurd: inconous, unreasonable, ridiculous, silly
  3. Paradox: an apparently unacceptable conclusion derived from apparently acceptable premises
  4. Oxymoron

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.30 Parallel Sessions IV.

Section A - Culture for public spaces and urban development

Marseille public spaces, spaces for cultural mixity?

Spatial activity of the foreign students in Pécs, Hungary

An art to "use value" The New Patrons of the Fondation de France

On the Waterfront: The (Re)production of Space in a French Mediterranean City

Section C - Cultural diversity and prospects in the ECoC heritage

Culture based urban development – the case of Pécs2010 European Capital of Culture

Complex urban identities: The case of the Contrade of Siena and the Siena 2019 European Capital of Culture bid

Ahırkapı Spring (Hıdrellez) Festival, Festivalizing the everyday life of ‘the others’

Sibiu – European Capital of Culture: Best Practices for Promoting Multiculturalism – The Case of Erasmus Program

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

 

 Marcin Jasinski, Carmel Cassar, George Cassar

 

 

Roland Zarzycki and Kamila Kaminska

 

14.00 – 15.30 Parallel Sessions V.

Section B - Multiculturalism and urban identities

Ethnic-cultural attitudes towards self-management among elderly people

Maria Grazia Marini - Nadia Carboni: Comune di Ravenna, Ravenna – University of Bologna, Bologna:

Cultural Heritage in Dialogue in Ravenna: fromAncient to Contemporary Art. Cooperation for Multicultural Growth of a City Identity

Interpersonal Communication in the EU: A Humanistic Solution

Multiculturalism development trends in Lithuania

Section C - Cultural diversity and prospects in the ECoC heritage

Eurocal Cultural-and-Spatial Identity: Epistemological Foundation and Principles Guiding for an ECoC Successful Bid and Legacy

Urban Identity and Image of the City Pilsen as the European Capital of Culture 2015

Mosaics of Culture: the challenge for becoming European Capital of Culture

Pula as a multicultural and intercultural city – Croatian candidates for European Capital of Culture 2020

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break

   

 

16.00 – 17.00 Conclusions

19.30 Closing Dinner: Pizzeria Jeanot
Address: 129 Rue du Vallon des Auffes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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