Session: Cultural Cities
Friday, November 5 @ 11:00 am
Location: Hotel Fort Garry
What makes a city a cultural hub? Can it be planned, or is spontaneous? The way a city’s identity is promoted and measured is closely tied to the cultural industries that it houses. This panel addresses the methods of quantifying the face of the city, with an interest towards understanding the value of a city’s cultural assets in relationship to its users, both citizens and visitors. Uniqueness and diversity are privileged over superiority ranking systems. The relationship of organic developments of creative clusters to citizens’ well-being provide models for growth. How do dedicated night-time art festivals hold the ability to transform dark downtown cores into sites of wonder and delight? Each of these perspectives provide insights into understanding the make-up of cultural cities.
Moderator:
Particia Bovey - Winnipeg, MB
Presenters:
Alan Freeman - London, UK / Winnipeg, MB
City, know thyself: the Cultural Audit and strategic planning
Mark J. Stern - Philadelphia, PA
“Natural” cultural districts and urban cultural planning
Will Straw - Montreal, QC
Cities of the Night, Cultures of the Night
