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e Britain’s ‘City of Culture’. In a multilingual
and multicultural city, ideas are exchanged and
creativity grows. It is a city of cultural richness,
economic development and communication. It
looks outwards to other cultures and cities.
Manchester has a rich history of diversity and
culture. Manchester has so many different communities,
nationalities, multilingual people, all
of which are good reasons to call Manchester a
multicultural city. There are wide collections of
different cultures in Art galleries, museums and
exhibits within Manchester. You can explore
how cultures have changed over time. You can
use the collections to investigate issues associated
with cultural identity or learn about new
cultures you’re unfamiliar with.
Culture can be seen through arts, architecture,
museums, music, theatre, literature and sport.
Manchester has very rich resources for enthusiastic
students, explorers and researchers to
learn more about different cultures.
Why is Linguistic Diversity an Important Part
of Manchester?
Manchester is considered a multilingual city.
Up to 200 languages are spoken by residents
in greater Manchester including Urdu, Arabic,
Mandarin, Cantonese, Bengali, Polish, Punjabi
and Somali. Migration from the sub-Indian
content has caused Urdu to become one of the
most widely spoken languages in Manchester,
alongside English. The independent reports that
it is estimated half of Manchester’s adult population
is multilingual, with an additional four in
every ten young people being able to converse in
multiple languages. Manchester Central Library
has many books available in other languages so
speakers can read books in their mother tongue
or in a new language, they are learning.
From an economic perspective, Manchester has
good trade links with many other countries such
as China and Middle Eastern countries. Good
relations with our European allies are essential
to maintain a good climate. In 2015, a Chinese
consortium invested £265M to buy a 13% stake
in Manchester City Football Club. Therefore,
language skills are necessary to converse with
overseas trade partners.
Project Ideas
Here you can watch a video and make your
own version. This the first Flash Mob event
that took place in Manchester, and was organized
by Greek and Cypriot students. Greek flash
mob takes place in various cities across the UK
each year, where students dance to a traditional
Greek song ‘Zorbas’. Choreographers, dancers
and organizers tried to give an idea to the English
community of their traditions and country.
Schedule for
International City
LT1
24/10/2018
1pm — 4pm
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24/10/2018
4 pm — 5pm
LT1
05/12/2018
3pm — 4pm
LT1
05/12/2018
4 pm — 5pm
BLACK PANTHER FILM SCREENING AND DEBATE
King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as
his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within
his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team
up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakandan special forces, to prevent
Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Featuring an exclusive talk afterwards.
MET TALK FT RABBI SILVERMAN AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SAM GONTARZ
Sam Gontarz, was born in Lodz, Poland on 6th July 1929. He was sent to Auschwitz in July 1944 on his own
after being separated from his family. He spent 2 years in DP camps in Germany and was finally brought to
England in July 1947 with the last transport of Boys.
MET TALK FT HEART & PARCEL
At Heart & Parcel, we bring women from migrant communities together by making dumplings and developing
ESOL skills. Making dumplings involves many hands, communication and teamwork. We use this process as
a method to engage with women using English as the medium.
This new informal approach to ESOL allows women to develop their skills and realise their potential, giving
space to explore these hidden resources whilst making friends across communities along the way.
At Heart & Parcel we strongly believe there needs to be greater support and respect for women from communities
across Manchester. We believe migrant communities should be valued on their wealth of previous
experiences and wisdom, rather than their value be measured by the English language skills that they have
not yet acquired.
OLA UDUKU — MEET THE PROF
Ola Uduku took up a Professorship in Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture in 2017. Prior to
this she was Reader in Architecture, and Dean International for Africa, at Edinburgh University. Her research
specialisms are in the history of educational architecture in Africa, and the contemporary issues related to
social infrastructure provision for minority communities in cities in the ‘West’ and ‘South’. She is currently
engaged in developing postgraduate research and teaching links in architecture urbanism, heritage and conservation
between West African Architecture schools and those in North West England.
She has in the past published in the areas of African Architecture, African Diaspora Studies, Gated Communities,
and environmental design teaching pedagogies.
Things to do
— Visit the International Society and get involved
in their projects as an ambassador.
— Explore Chinese contemporary culture at the
Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art
LT1
27/02/2019
1pm — 2pm
LT1
27/02/2019
3pm — 4pm
MET TALK FT DAWN ARCHER
Dawn’s areas of expertise include pragmatics, corpus linguistics and the discursive practices of the English
courtroom. She also has a growing interest in the language of emotion and has been investigating the linguistic
performance of emotion, credibility and deception in a range of contexts.
ANDREW HUNT — MEET THE PROF
Andrew Hunt is a curator and writer based in London and Manchester, and is currently Professor of Fine
Art and Curating at Manchester Metropolitan University. Between 2016 and 2017 he founded and directed
the contemporary art festival Reading International and was a Research Fellow at Kingston University. His
doctoral thesis ‘Six Years in the Development of a Contemporary Art Institution: Focal Point Gallery 2008 to
2014’ concentrated on strategies for the expansion of an independently-minded publicly – funded UK visual art
organisation in a period of austerity after the financial crisis. Since the early 2000s, he has worked on intimate
solo exhibitions with significant international artists as well as high profile designers on projects that range
from minor printed ephemera to major publications, exhibition design and new branding for art institutions.
— Attend the Caribbean Carnival of Manchester
— Visit the Manchester Jewish Museum.
— Visit the Irish World Heritage Centre.
— Explore China Town.
— Join or start up your own nationality or culture
society at the Union
— Attend activities celebrating other cultures
in Geoffrey Manton Atrium on our International
strand days
LT1
27/02/2019
4 pm — 5pm
MET TALK FT MOHAMMED AMIN MBE
Since the age of 2, Mohammed Amin has always lived within two miles of MMU’s campus.
From the slums of Moss Side, Amin attended grammar school and went on to read mathematics at Clare College,
Cambridge and then a PGCE from Leeds University. Professionally Amin is a chartered accountant, a
chartered tax adviser and a qualified corporate treasurer. In 1990 he became the first Muslim to be admitted to
the Price Waterhouse partnership in the UK.
Amin devotes his retirement to making the world a better place.
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