5th Niterói municipal conference on culture

5th Niterói municipal conference on culture

1. Context

Niterói is a municipality in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro. It has a population of 513,584 and the highest Human Development Index in Rio de Janeiro, being also one of the cities with the highest literacy rates in Brazil.

Value creation project for the Ingapirca archaeological complex

Value creation project for the Ingapirca archaeological complex

1. Context

The Ingapirca Archaeological Complex (CAI for its abbreviation in Spanish) is situated in the rural parish of Ingapirca, Ecuador. Ingapirca is a parish affected by social and political issues with a population of 8,340 (2010).

Reimagine Bulawayo

Reimagine Bulawayo

1. Context

Bulawayo, with between 1 – 1.5 million inhabitants, is Zimbabwe’s second city. Bulawayo was influenced by many cultures and languages and became home to a rich diversity of minority cultural expressions due to migration.

Culture: a pillar of sustainable development in the Cuenca Canton

Culture: a pillar of sustainable development in the Cuenca Canton

Context

The Cuenca Canton has a significant amount of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, from its physical pre-Columbian settlements to its social processes that weave together to form a singular and representative urb

Culture without walls, culture for all

Culture without walls, culture for all

Background

The coastal city of Sfax (Taparura in antiquity), is the second-largest economic and demographic hub in the country, home to 8.5% of the total population, 40% of whom are young people.

Mediators of civic culture in Medellín

Mediators of civic culture in Medellín

Background

Medellín is the second most populous city in Colombia, with 2,508,452 inhabitants. Its administrative division is made up of 16 urban communes and 5 rural townships.