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A timely new look at coexisting without assimilating in
multicultural cities If city life is a “being together of
strangers,” what forms of being together should we strive for in
cities with ethnic and racial diversity? Everyday Equalities seeks
evidence of progressive political alternatives to racialized
inequality that are emerging from everyday encounters in Los
Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney, and Toronto—settler colonial cities
that, established through efforts to dispossess and eliminate
indigenous societies, have been destinations for waves of
immigrants from across the globe ever since. Everyday
Equalities finds such alternatives being developed as people
encounter one another in the process of making a home, earning a
living, moving around the city, and forming collective actions or
communities. Here four leading scholars in critical urban geography
come together to deliver a powerful and cohesive message about the
meaning of equality in contemporary cities. Drawing on both
theoretical reflection and urban ethnographic research, they offer
the formulation “being together in difference as equals” as a
normative frame to reimagine the meaning and pursuit of equality in
today’s urban multicultures. As the examples in Everyday
Equalities indicate, much emotional labor, combined with a
willingness to learn from each other, negotiate across differences,
and agitate for change goes into constructing environments that
foster being together in difference as equals. Importantly, the
authors argue, a commitment to equality is not only a hope for a
future city but also a way of being together in the present.
A timely new look at coexisting without assimilating in
multicultural cities If city life is a "being together of
strangers," what forms of being together should we strive for in
cities with ethnic and racial diversity? Everyday Equalities seeks
evidence of progressive political alternatives to racialized
inequality that are emerging from everyday encounters in Los
Angeles, Melbourne, Sydney, and Toronto-settler colonial cities
that, established through efforts to dispossess and eliminate
indigenous societies, have been destinations for waves of
immigrants from across the globe ever since. Everyday Equalities
finds such alternatives being developed as people encounter one
another in the process of making a home, earning a living, moving
around the city, and forming collective actions or communities.
Here four leading scholars in critical urban geography come
together to deliver a powerful and cohesive message about the
meaning of equality in contemporary cities. Drawing on both
theoretical reflection and urban ethnographic research, they offer
the formulation "being together in difference as equals" as a
normative frame to reimagine the meaning and pursuit of equality in
today's urban multicultures. As the examples in Everyday Equalities
indicate, much emotional labor, combined with a willingness to
learn from each other, negotiate across differences, and agitate
for change goes into constructing environments that foster being
together in difference as equals. Importantly, the authors argue, a
commitment to equality is not only a hope for a future city but
also a way of being together in the present.
Planning theory and practice has become more conscious in recent
times of the need to cater for a diverse range of needs and
preferences. But there has been less clarity about what goals and
objectives should inform planning for such diversity. In this
important new book Ruth Fincher and Kurt Iveson identify three
distinct working principles of planning for diversity:
redistribution, recognition and encounter. Each principle is the
subject of a pair of chapters. The first explaining the principle
and the second showcasing and comparing efforts to shape cities
according to it, drawing on relevant examples from around the
world. Planning for Diversity is the ideal introduction to the
issues that surround diversity and planning and provides a
stimulating new line of advance for reducing inequality and working
towards 'just diversity' in cities. RUTH FINCHER is Professor of
Geography at the University of Melbourne, Australia KURT IVESON is
Lecturer in Urban Geography at the University of Sydney, Australia
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