{"id":9498,"date":"2024-10-09T09:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qpol.qub.ac.uk\/?p=9498"},"modified":"2024-10-09T09:43:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:43:01","slug":"care-full-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/care-full-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCare-full\u201d cities: a vision for culture and human connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo matter how big or small the city, they function best when they\u2019re thinking about their origins as human settlement, their imaginaries constructed by the people who live in them,\u201d believes&nbsp;<strong>Ali FitzGibbon, Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts, English &amp; Languages at Queen\u2019s University<\/strong>. FitzGibbon delivered a thought-provoking keynote speech at this year\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eurocities.eu\/events\/eurocities-culture-forum-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eurocities Culture Forum in Belfast<\/a>, exploring the forum\u2019s theme: \u201cCulture as the connector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing from Belfast\u2019s rich cultural history, personal memories and reflections on the future of cities, FitzGibbon asked cities: \u201cIf what we want is to be connected, what does success look like? I\u2019m trying to introduce some ideas about other ways of thinking about it.\u201d She added that her \u201cgeneral prompt for action is about considering methods of care and sharing in ways that we think about connectedness. So how could you embed that? 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