multi cultural exchange and local urban policy
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Multi-cultural Exchange and Local Urban Policy:
The case of Local Marketplaces
Elnaz GhafoorikoohsarSchool of Environment & Development
29.10.12Whitworth Council Chamber - The University of Manchester
Background
• Marketplace= Traditional-style retail market• A headline from the Salford Star News website
• lack of evidence-base on socio-cultural role of markets
• Multi-ethnic/Multi-cultural urban contexts
“despite petitions from communities to try and save the Salford outdoor market, the stalls which have stood for over thirty years were cleared to make way for what appears to be a car park and a large retail unit”.
“the closure of the market provided the only workable long-term solution”.
• Why marketplaces?• What is the relation between marketplaces
and local urban policies?• How policies being made for marketplaces?• Do all stakeholders being considered in this
process?• Is everyone’s voice being heard?
Questions
• Mapping the interconnections of actors and stakeholders
• In-depth knowledge on socio-cultural side of marketplaces
• Community-driven & Policy-informing research
Research Aim
• The Greater Manchester; the focus for doing case studies
• Urban research & Urban Policy
Research to Date
Reasonable diversity of ethnic groups
Different types of marketplaces
Finer resolution of LAs
• Knowledge-base on marketplaces; Preventing marketplaces from failure/demolition
• Knowledge-base on connected actors and stakeholders; giving a voice to communities – multi-ethnic groups
• Policy-making & Market management
Anticipated Contributions
