The Urban Revival Narrative - EP03

Now called The Life-Sized City podcast. One of the narratives that fascinates us the most is urban revival. A city seemingly down for the count starts the process of rebuilding, rebooting and healing and we grab the popcorn. The underdog story is universally cherished. Mikael explores this narrative in three different cities: Detroit, Medellin, Colombia and Turin, Italy. You can construct and design an urban revival narrative like in Detroit. You can starve it, like what is happening in Medellin. And you can philosophize over it, like Mikael does about the fate of Italian cities with his friends in Turin. The stories we tell about our cities are important. When done right. Interviews with Aaron Foley - Chief Storyteller for the City of Detroit, Carlos Cadena Gaitan - professor and researcher in urban sustainability and Giacomo Biraghi and Luca Ballerini - urban strategist and communication designer, respectively. Music by Phil Creamer from www.hereonout.ca