The most cosmopolitan European city

Situating narratives and practices of cultural and social relations in Marseille

Bibliographic Data

ID7802216
AuthorsC Bullen (0000-0001-5722-0205, University of Tübingen, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume28
Issue3
Pages303-321
Publication date2021-05-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIdentities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1070289x.2019.1688952
OpenAlexW2989405900
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Marseille’s identity as a cosmopolitan place was a key element in the city’s application to be European Capital of Culture (ECOC) in 2013, where the city was represented as ‘the most cosmopolitan’ in Europe. The language of cosmopolitanism enabled city leaders to align Marseille with ‘European’ values of cultural diversity and to highlight the city as a place of diverse cultural production. Such claims have incited interest in a country where cultural and ethnic differences are often considered a challenge to the ideals of French Republicanism. Narratives of social and cultural relations in Marseille are in fact highly variable. This article uses a neighbourhood arts project as a case study through which to explore and situate understandings, representations and experiences of cultural and social relations in the city

Aesthetics · Art · Cosmopolitanism · Cultural capital · Cultural diversity · Cultural identity · Ethnic group · Literature · Narrative · Negotiation · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political science · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Anthropology · Cultural Identity and Heritage · French Urban and Social Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Exile Studies

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