Representing Places of Coexistence

Abstract

New urban communities in continuous evolution require constant development of the city. The physical places and those of experience are spaces of coexistence and sharing between different ethnic groups. The paper presents the experiences of some community centres in Palermo that have implemented projects for the social inclusion of young immigrants, through the use of expressive arts. These experiences testify that integration, understood as a synthesis of diversity, is achieved through interventions aimed at strengthening the cultural mediation of differences, through paths that recognise geographical, cultural, social and family identities. When the representation of places provides a dimension of integration and experiences become a meeting place, diversity is a resource for oneself and for the community.