{"id":7693,"date":"2016-06-14T00:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T00:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativecitiescairo.org\/conference\/?page_id=7693"},"modified":"2016-12-04T19:28:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T19:28:55","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/?page_id=7693","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;ex-full&#8221; enable_overlay=&#8221;enable_overlay_value&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; overlay_pattern=&#8221;08.png&#8221; overlay_pattern_opacity=&#8221;30&#8243; overlay_pattern_attachment=&#8221;fixed&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1466119332185{margin-top: -50px !important;margin-bottom: -90px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 210px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1465869583475{margin-top: 70px !important;background-color: #dddddd !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>The <em>Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown\u00a0Cairo<\/em> conference invited international\u00a0examples of successful models of\u00a0creative cities of relevance to the future\u00a0development of downtown Cairo, and\u00a0in dialogue with local stakeholders\u00a0considered the role culture can play as a\u00a0catalyst for development.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Looking critically at the changes that\u00a0have taken place in Cairo over the past\u00a0few years, and building on the wealth\u00a0of studies of both urban history and\u00a0contemporary conditions that Cairo\u00a0enjoys, the conference was organized\u00a0to emphasize comparative and\u00a0interdisciplinary approaches to issues\u00a0related to public space, heritage and urban\u00a0culture, the revitalization of Downtown\u00a0in the context of gentrification and\u00a0securitization, and urban governance.\u00a0The conference brought scholars,\u00a0professionals and experts together with\u00a0local cultural actors, community leaders\u00a0and stakeholders. The conference\u00a0consisted of public plenary sessions\u00a0as well as critical urban walking tours\u00a0that aimed towards alternative visions\u00a0for Cairo\u2019s downtown, informed by\u00a0local practices, in addition to best\u00a0practices from international contexts.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1465870624909{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7706&#8243; img_size=&#8221;260*390&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;ex-full&#8221; enable_overlay=&#8221;enable_overlay_value&#8221; overlay_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; overlay_pattern=&#8221;08.png&#8221; overlay_pattern_opacity=&#8221;30&#8243; overlay_pattern_attachment=&#8221;fixed&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1466119332185{margin-top: -50px !important;margin-bottom: -90px !important;padding-top: 70px !important;padding-bottom: 210px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1465869583475{margin-top: 70px !important;background-color: #dddddd !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text] The Creative Cities: Re-framing Downtown\u00a0Cairo conference invited international\u00a0examples of successful models of\u00a0creative cities of relevance to the future\u00a0development of downtown Cairo, and\u00a0in dialogue with local stakeholders\u00a0considered the role culture can play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7693"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8247,"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7693\/revisions\/8247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecitiescairo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}