Being there: living in the Intercultural City

The territory of contemporary Intercultural city finds its consistency in the rising role of the plural and multi-ethnic parameters of urban, social and economic change (Bianchini, Bloomfield 2004). At the very beginning of civilization, ritual events contained the meaning of life of first communities; now they are considered as important factors of mediation in order to promote social cohesion and inclusion, in the attempt to overcome exclusive models and sectorial territory managements, centered on the enhancement of divisions (Schuster 2001). The emphasis on the culture of the city, as a parameter of the distinctive quality of the environment, does not relate only to scientific or artistic products or activities of communities, but more generally to their way of living together as a set of actions, practices, uses, etc.