Autore
Vietti, Francesco

Titolo
“A crooked, open, modest city” – Intercultural Tourism as a tool to grasp urban super-diversity and build social cohesion
Periodico
Geoprogress journal
Anno: 2019 - Volume: 6 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 61 - Pagina finale: 78

The connection between migration, tourism and cultural heritage in the urban setting is complex, with rich potential in terms of social progress, but also with risks that must be tackled with awareness of the symbolic and political meaning of each of these elements. This paper offers a critical discussion about Migrantour, an international project that, over the last decade, has been developing an innovative approach to urban tourism involving migrants as intercultural companions for walking tours in several Italian and other European cities. In an essay on cosmopolitan life, Immanuel Kant observed in 1784 that ‘out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made’. A city is crooked because it is diverse, full of migrants speaking dozens of languages; because its inequalities are so glaring... Richard Sennett, Building and Dwelling, Ethics for the City



SICI: 2384-9398(2019)6:2<61:“COMC–>2.0.ZU;2-H
Testo completo: http://www.geoprogress.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GeoJ2019-I2-Vietti.pdf

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