Beginning January, an international online book club will discuss the book Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World, by Canadian journalist Doug Saunders. In Arrival City Saunders discusses the importance of cities as transitional spaces where migrants negotiate their integration into a new community/society/country. He says that the great migration of humans is manifesting itself in the creation of a special kind of urban place. These transitional spaces - arrival cities - are the places where the next great economic and cultural boom will be born or where the next great explosion of violence will occur. The difference depends on our ability to notice and our willingness to engage. From the Cities of Migration webpage: The City Builder Book Club is launching its online reading of Arrival City in January 2015, inviting urbanists, migration experts, practitioners, and advocates from across the world to join a guided reading and global discussion of the book. Facilitated by a cast of global contributors who will respond to each chapter in a series of weekly readings, we hope to stimulate an energetic dialogue with input from people who are working locally on issues of urban migration–from innovative planning, policy and design solutions to entrepreneurship and impromptu social organizations that are responding to the phenomenon of this massive shift. The Centre for City Ecology and Cities of Migration are joining forces to bring you an engaging online exploration of Arrival City. In addition to weekly blog posts by international contributors, readers can look forward to free bi-weekly interactive activities and events, and lively online dialogues. Join the conversation! Sign up to participate and receive updates, here. Follow us on Twitter @CityBuilderBook and join the conversation with the hashtags #ArrivalCity and #CityBuilders. See more at: citiesofmigration.ca/ezine_stories/arrival-city-book-club/#sthash.t8KtvAxY.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:10:44 +0000
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