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Final week questions
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Jun 30th, 2008 - 07:19:32 |
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Dear All,
kindly find the final questions for your attention along with background information to guide you.
5. Preserving the Historical Roots and Soul of the City
Cities are not just brick and mortar; they represent the dreams, aspirations and hopes of societies. In a way, each city has its own ‘personality’, with its strengths and weaknesses, failures and successes. A city’s ‘soul’ is exhibited through its cultural heritage (e.g. historical features, crafts and special agricultural or industrial products, musical traditions, natural features, etc) its traditions and its social fabric (e.g. language, culture, traditions, family and social struggles) – in other words, its ‘intangible assets’. A city may have excellent facilities and infrastructure, but it may lack social cohesiveness, while another city may have high poverty levels but an extremely high sense of its own history and culture.
Well being is not only based on the material standard of living but also on the quality of our social engagements, our spiritual expression, our ability to take part in decisions that affect our lives and to engage intellectually and creatively. How does the ‘soul’ of the city influence your growing-up?
Questions
a) As a young woman or man, what are the ‘intangibles’ that your city offers you?
b) What expressions of this ‘intangibility’ give you the most meaning and why?
c) What are the ‘intangibles’ that you do not like?
d) What is or can be the role of young women and men in the abovementioned ‘tangibles’ and ‘intangibles’ for harmonious urbanization for your city?
6. A City for All Generations
Cities are about the people who in live and work in them. Cities are socially, politically and economically vibrant and dynamic due to the creativity, engagement and investments of the diversity of their residents - young and old, men and women, rich and poor. Cities also reflect their age through history, as in the heritage of their physical form and cultural wealth. Cities reflect their age through the ages and lives of its current generations. For much of the developing world, children and young people are the majority population. In sharp contrast, the industrialised world is experiencing a significant increase in the population of elders. Demographics are key in city making. How cities involve and respond to the well being of their different generations is also a factor in harmonious urbanization. For towns and cities of the developing world, the younger generations are key constituents and actors.
Questions
a) How does your city engage young women and men?
b) How are the priorities of young women and men addressed by your city?
c) What are three key issues that are important to young women and men of your generation and are not being addressed by your municipal government?
d) What is (or can be) the role of young women and men in realizing the abovementioned issues?
e) Does Internet Communications Technology (ICT) have a role to play in facilitating harmony or dis-harmony? Please elaborate.
Regards,
Christabell
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