Professor Saskia Sassen is world’s renowned urban sociologist and professor at Columbia University in New York City. She introduced the term of “global city” in her work “The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo” published in 1991.
She speaks from Prague’s Vltava river bank about today’s phenomenon of migration into cities.
“Big cities has always had this influx of people. Small and medium sized cities lack this openness. Cosmopolitism often begins with very thick local culture brought in by migrants.”
“The US has had a tradition of immigration. But they have a very distinctive manner which is: You want to come? You’re welcome. But you’re on your own. Now there are issues that are emerging and one of the presidential candidates, Trump, is activating immigrants haterhood.”
“Today when you live in a village, you can develop an urban imaginary, because so much of the television and news are about cities. Everybody knows a bit about the city.”
“London is a very good model of city: huge city with many little centers. It has 22 boroughs and each of them has a main street, shops, so that people feel like in a neighborhood inside this huge city. For most cities it’s too late to do that but I hope there is more we can do in decentralizing.”
“reSITE in Prague is really wonderful because it’s bringing in so many different perspectives to what is a major challenge for Europe. Almost all of the European countries are struggling with migration.”
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reSITE is an international nonprofit platform based in Prague. We work at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, politics, culture, and economics. We act as a catalyst for social action and innovative leadership.
We encourage an exchange of ideas about making cities more livable, competitive and resilient. We protect and promote public space, architecture, and sustainable development in cities.
Why? To stimulate action for sustainable urban design and therefore better cities. We stand for public space.
www.reSITE.cz/en/
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Saskia Sassen je svÄtoznĆ”mĆ” socioložka mÄst a profesorka KolumbijskĆ© univerzity a London School of Economics. Je autorkou termĆnu globĆ”lnĆ mÄsto, který poprvĆ© použila ve svĆ© prĆ”ci The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo (1991) a celou svou kariĆ©ru se vÄnuje tĆ©matÅÆm globalizace, migrace a ekonomickým souvislostem urbanismu.
Na nĆ”bÅežà Vltavy v Praze hovoÅĆ o problematice imigrace do mÄst.
“PÅĆliv obyvatel vždy provĆ”zel zejmĆ©na velkĆ” mÄsta, zatĆmco malĆ” a stÅednĆ mÄsta se vyznaÄujĆ menŔà otevÅenostĆ. ZĆ”kladem kosmopolitismu je vždy silnĆ” kultura nesenĆ” pÅistÄhovalci.
Ve Spojených stĆ”tech byla vždy silnĆ” pÅistÄhovaleckĆ” tradice, kterĆ” ale stĆ”la na principu: pÅijeÄ chceÅ”-li, ale musĆÅ” si umÄt poradit sĆ”m. Až nynĆ se jeden z prezidentských kandidĆ”tÅÆ, Trump, snažà pozvednout protiimigraÄnĆ nĆ”lady.
PÅĆkladem skvÄlĆ©ho modelu mÄsta je pro mÄ Londýn. ObrovskĆ© mÄsto, kterĆ© je ale složeno z menÅ”Ćch center. KaždĆ© z nich mĆ” svou hlavnĆ ulici a obchody, a pÅÆsobĆ tak jako sevÅenĆ” ÄtvrÅ„ uvnitÅ velkĆ© metropole.
reSITE je obravdu úžasnĆ” konference. PÅinÔŔà pohled z mnoha rÅÆzných perspektiv na problematiku imigrace, kterĆ” se v souÄasnĆ© dobÄ ve velkĆ© mĆÅe týkĆ” snad vÅ”ech evropských zemĆ.”
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reSITE je neziskovĆ” organizace, jež pÅÆsobĆ na pomezĆ urbanismu, architektury, politiky, kultury a ekonomiky ve svÄtÄ stĆ”le rostoucĆch mÄst.
NaŔà misĆ je vytvĆ”Ået mÄsta pÅĆjemnĆ” k životu pro pÅĆÅ”tĆ generaci. Jsme katalyzĆ”torem spoleÄenských inovacĆ. Jako mezinĆ”rodnĆ platforma podporujeme výmÄnu a sdĆlenĆ nĆ”padÅÆ a ÅeÅ”enĆ, jak vytvĆ”Ået odolnĆ” a konkurenceschopnĆ” mÄsta pro 21. stoletĆ.
reSITE propojuje odbornĆky, samosprĆ”vy mÄst, Å”irokou veÅejnost a tvÅÆrÄĆ profese nad otĆ”zkami designu, financĆ a udržitelnĆ©ho rozvoje mÄst.
reSITE podnÄcuje udržitelný urbanismus s cĆlem vytvoÅit lepŔà a konkurenceschopnĆ” mÄsta. VeÅejný prostor nĆ”m ležà na srdci.
www.reSITE.cz



