Paris: Responses to Terror, and the Experiment in Mixite

For this episode, we jump across the Atlantic to Paris, France–a city whose identity is a long held archetype of beauty and romance. Conversely, Paris has also long been the site of historical protest and legacies of colonialism whose spectres are still coming to fore.
Jessica Myers and Adelie Pojzman-Pontay with the Here There Be Dragons podcast feature Paris and explore Parisian sentiment–both ‘native,’ and immigrant–about the post-terrorists attacks at the Bataclan and Charlie Hebdo. We learn how the state has responded, but also, how the attacks have revived historical and cultural tensions.
Les Grands Voisins translates into the great neighbors, its a space and a social experiment into mixite, or social mixing. Gregoire Molle takes his microphone this former hospital, now turned to mixed use space with emergency housing, to established businesses, to art studios–all run by a group of direct service organizations. How can mixite drive diversity, and what does it encourage?

Featuring:

Jessica Myers
Adlie Pojzman-Pontay
Alison Culliford
Steffi Njoh Monny – Tiffany Ferguson
Franck Faucheux – Joseph Swerdlin
Jacqueline Houdart – Rosemary Booth
Dania Kawar
Yassine Khorta – Ahmed Omran
Mawena Yehouessi – Amah Edoh
Frank Zschiegner – Thomas Bergeron
Sada Laurore – Mirette Khorshed
Jean-Claude Driant – Lawrence Vale
Grgoire Molle
Mona
Franois Glory, co-founder of Hapax Architectures
Aurelie Cordier, member of Aurore
Jean-Louis Missika, Legislative Aid to Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
Pascale Dubois, Coordinator, Aurore
Thomas Aguilera, Researcher
Pierre Bienaim and Zineb Alami

Credits:

Producer: Jessica Carolyn Myers, Adelie Pontay-Pozman, Gregoire Molle, R.J. Lozada
Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Audience Engagement Director: Sabine Blaizin
Development Associate: Vera Thykulsker


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