📢 Just published: Reinventing Cities, UNESCO Courier, April-June 2019

Cities have always been centres of power, attractiveness and prosperity. But the frenetic urbanization of recent decades is jeopardizing their...

Terms and conditions                                    View this email in your browser The UNESCO Courier | April - June 2019 WIDE ANGLE Reinventing Cities Warsaw, the invincible city Joanna Lasserre A warm welcome versus hostility Gabriela Neves de Lima Street smarts in Kinshasa Sylvie Ayimpam Russia: From monotowns to pluritowns Ivan Nesterov Havana: Where everyone pitches in Jasmina Šopova Eusebio Leal: Havana, mon amour Interview by Lucía Iglesias Kuntz When art takes over the street Mehdi Ben Cheikh, interviewed by Anissa Barrak The city, a circus under a starlit tent Thomas B. Reverdy Reviving the spirit of Mosul Aleppo: A first step towards healing Yazd: Living in symbiosis with the desert Saving urban landscapes: the Island of Mozambique ZOOM Lighting up the world! Texte: Katerina Markelova Photos: Rubén Salgado Escudero IDEAS Racism does not need racists Jorge Majfud The other side of the coin Katherine Levine Einstein Opinion: Human rights, a universal aspiration Mahmoud Hussein OUR GUEST The mobile Africas of Alain Mabanckou Interview by Ariane Poissonnier Trending Open books, open minds Ghalia Khoja Artificial intelligence, at Africa's door Tshilidzi Marwala, interviewed by Edwin Naidu Gran Pajatén, "our geographical fortress" Roldán Rojas Paredes, interviewed by William Navarrete The Rwandan miracle Alphonse Nkusi   Watch also excerpts from the documentary "7 Days in Kigali" that the UNESCO Courier presents with the kind permission of the directors Mehdi Ba and Jeremy Frey, and the production company Ladybirds Films: https://on.unesco.org/2WR6of1  Download the latest issue Reinventing Cities Cities have always been centres of power, attractiveness and prosperity. But the frenetic urbanization of recent decades is jeopardizing their historical function as melting pots that integrate and absorb newcomers. As they become more populated, they become dehumanized. Violence, inequality, discrimination – the larger the cities, the more these ills overwhelm them. Nevertheless, even as they are dehumanized, cities are reinventing themselves. Creative forces are emerging and organizing themselves to give urban life new meanings and new perspectives. We may believe these are "tiny resistances" – to use the expression of the French writer Thomas B. Reverdy – but they make all the difference.   Find previous issues Follow the Hashtag #UNESCOCourier Since its creation in 1948, the UNESCO Courier has been spreading an ideal throughout the world: humanity united in its diversity around universal values and fundamental rights, strong in the wealth of its cultures, knowledge and accomplishments     The UNESCO Courier 7 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France courier@unesco.org Want to change how you receive these emails? You can subscribe, update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.