Diversity and creativity in the center of Athens: Co existence or implicit conflicts?
Diversity and creativity in the center of Athens: Co-existence or implicit conflicts?

Author(s): Aggeliki Demertzi, Eva Papatzani
Subject(s): Social development, Rural and urban sociology, Economic development, Migration Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: migration; refugees; Greece; diversity; creativity; Athens; co-existence;
Summary/Abstract: As Greece is plagued by the multidimensional crisis combined with the recent refugee flows, the center of Athens becomes once more the focus of public discourse's attention. A range of European and Greek policies on migration have been launched during the last decades regarding not only the macro-scale of the migrants’ legal status but also their (permanent and/or temporary) settlement in central Athens. In parallel, many policies and practices -both by public and private initiatives- are being emerged regarding the creative activities, creative groups, cultural policies etc. In general, a turn to the importance of culture and creativity and its socio-economic impact is being observed. Inevitably, these trends form some of the aspects of the urban policy making.

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