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AoU Annual Congress 2018
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  • Cork: A City of Making – in the Making
    • Why Cork? Why now?
    • Cities on the rise
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    • Keynote speaker: Richard Florida
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    Mary McCarthy, Director of Crawford Art Gallery, to speak on art in city-making

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Cities on the rise
Cork: A City of Making – in the Making

Cork: A City of Making – in the Making

Arts leader and Director of the Crawford Art Gallery, Mary McCarthy, to speak at Congress about the critical role that

  • Why Cork? Why now?
    Why Cork? Why now?
  • Cities on the rise
    Cities on the rise

The success of our cities has become central to national economies and culture. They drive investment, tourism and migration – the young, the educated, the creative and the rich are being drawn to live and work in urban areas once again.

As we have seen with Aarhus, Marseille and Rotterdam, the transformation of mid-level non-capitals is providing space for new ideas, enterprise, investment and even building types. But can growth and expansion provide an economy and wellbeing whilst also retaining a distinctive identity?

Where better to explore this than in Cork, Ireland’s great maritime city on the Atlantic rim of Europe. Once the staging post for European emigration to the US, it now sees people and investment flow in the other direction.

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Congress 2017 – Aarhus

AoU Congress 2017: Aarhus

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