Principal speaker
Professor Ade Kearns
This seminar will commence with a consideration of why tolerance matters in contemporary urban societies, and describe how growing separation and anxiety within increasingly diverse and divided societies often results in intolerant, punitive policies to deal with people and behaviours we dislike. The concept of tolerance is then explored, covering its definition, context-dependency and relationship to power. The dangers of relaying on visual cues to makes assessments of others are discussed, with two examples of intolerant responses show, drawn from the UK experience in recent years. In the final part of the seminar, the transition from static to dynamic tolerance is set out in conceptual terms, including its relationship to civility, and its implications for tolerance-seeking strategies.
Ade Kearns is Professor of Urban Studies in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. He has long standing research interests all aspects of urban policy and especially in neighbourhood effects and is leading the GoWell project, which is studying the community health and well-being impacts of neighbourhood regeneration in Glasgow .
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