according to friedmann, global cities, like new york and london....

Synthesising aspects of Lefebvres (1991) pioneering work on the social construction of the spatial and insights from Halls (1997) work on what he calls the 'cultural relocation of city space. MAKING A PLACE FOR MANCHESTER: THE CULTURAL RELOCATION OF A CITYĬhris Loxley, Unilever Research and Development, UKĬompetitiveness, inter-urban competition and an awareness of where a city sits in notional 'leagues of cities at various spatial scales are dominant themes in the analysis of the new urban politics and in urban marketers responses to a constellation of economic restructuring imperatives. Darach Turley and Stephen Brown, Provo, UT : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 333-340.Įuropean Advances in Consumer Research VolPages 333-340 This is not to attempt to resolve empirically the question of where Manchester might fit into various regional, national or international hierarchies of cities, rather I examine how the re-spatialisation of the city is being achieved through the re-articulation of fragments of the citys built-environment which are represented as symbols of the citys European status and used to connect Manchester into a 'European space of cultural and economic flows.Ĭhris Loxley (2003) ,'Making a Place For Manchester: the Cultural Relocation of a City', in E - European Advances in Consumer Research Volume 6, eds. Drawing on insights from original ethnographic research, this paper examines how the re-presentational work of Manchester City Council and its cadre of marketers is directed at re-articulating the citys relation within both national and international spaces and specifically a European space.

ABSTRACT - Competitiveness, inter-urban competition and an awareness of where a city sits in notional 'leagues of cities at various spatial scales are dominant themes in the analysis of the new urban politics and in urban marketers responses to a constellation of economic restructuring imperatives.

According to friedmann, global cities, like new york and london....