The Media Workshop Projects Archive | Southampton New Communities CD

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MW worked with CLEAR and the New Communities team at Southampton City Council to produce a interactive CD ROM.

In the last five years, the ethnic diversity of Southampton has changed dramatically. From a city that was overwhelmingly composed of a white, English population, and a small, mainly Asian population from the Indian subcontinent, it's ethnic makeup has widened dramatically to include residents from all over the world. A small but significant number came as refugees, others came to study and later stayed to work. A much larger group has come from those central and eastern European countries that joined the European Union in May 2004, particularly the polish.

Southampton New Communities CD

All these new migrants have played a vital economic and cultural role: not only have they addressed a serious labour shortfall in certain key sections of the local economy such as construction, agriculture and catering, they have greatly enriched our city by making it truly multi-cultural. These changes have equipped Southampton to take its place in a globalised world where those who embrace diversity and build on it, will be the economic winners.

It is in this context that this CD Rom has been published: to promote awareness of the changing face of Southampton and the rich social and cultural capital that these new communities bring.

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