The collective dimension of the multicultural city
Massimo Faiferri
Primo
;Fabrizio Pusceddu
2019-01-01
Abstract
The relationship between the global change and the transformation of the city is not direct nor univocal, but it’s rather controlled by urban politics and strategies carried out in local contexts referred to specific targets, means and communication among its different parts. Often the actions encourage gentrification processes towards an increase of the social and spatial split in the City. The way communities or individuals represent themselves within the public space, or more preci- sly the way they take care of it, shows us the cultural representations intrinsic to the space itself. The multicultural issue is strictly connected to the urban phenomenon. The city has always been the place where the foreigner had learnt to live together with the others, by composing a common mosaic in spite of the diversities, beliefs, ambitions and rythmes. The city has to find a balance between the attempt of accepting diversities and managing the common order. Closely related to this issue is the concept of fragmentation starting from urban order, wi- dely investigated in urban sociology: providing spatial chances for a personal and gradual appropriation of the places, “being a part of” by means of knoledge and action processesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.