MRelay Beyond diversity: Creating global cities
2018-10-27 11:00:00 2018-10-27 13:30:00 Australia/Melbourne Beyond diversity: Creating global cities MPavilion MPAVILION
Flinders Street Station. Photo courtesy of State Library Victoria.
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Diversity has become a catchcry, a battle cry and an umbrella term for opportunity and access—but is it holding us back? Does the framing of diversity in conversations about our cities and institutions continue to keep minorities and the underprivileged at the margins? How can we move beyond a focus on otherness, and to where do we move? As political and economic forces create rapidly changing populations, engaging design to respond to these changes is not only essential but also urgent. From the ways we house and educate to how we socialise and celebrate heritage, there’s much to consider in building the global city.
Interrogate the distinctions and possibilities of the global city with a line-up of esteemed guests in a lively tag-team conversation as part of our annual MRelay series. Hosted by social change campaigner Nevena Spirovska, speakers include Farah Farouque, chair of Social Studio; Filipino-
This event is supported by VicHealth.
The MPavilion Writer in Residence is presented in partnership with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund and supported by State Library Victoria.