Intercultural Urban Public Space in Toronto 2011-2013

The dataset contains transcripts of interviews conducted mainly in Toronto, Canada, during 2011 and 2012. A few interviews were conducted in Vancouver and Guelph as well. The main themes of the interviews were multiculturalism, interculturalism, diversity and public space, and how the participants' perceptions of interculturalism and public space. The interviewees were professionally or voluntarily involved in the physical or social planning process, in providing services for youth, or in dealing with managing diversity (in policy-making, planning, arts etc). They were community activitsts, professional designers, managers of public spaces, social services providers, or young persons who represented the users of services aimed at communities. The interviews were reflective, and questions asked changed according to what the interviewees talked about. The three main research questions were what the participants considered public spaces to be, how they defined interculturalism and, for expert interviews, how they planned/designed for diversity. Toronto is a very multicultural city, and one of the main aims of the study was to learn how Toronto's public space is managed and how public space could be used more creatively for the benefit of diverse groups. Other topics that came up included exclusion of youth, crime, services and facilities for youth, social and educational inequality, unemployment, public transport, street art, safety, police harassment, and privatization of public space. In addition to 25 one- and two-person interviews, there was one focus group interview of 13 young men and women. Interviewee age ranged from adolescents to senior citizens. Background variables included the interviewee's occupation, gender and age.

本数据集收录了于2011至2012年间在加拿大多伦多市及其周边地区，包括温哥华和圭尔夫等城市进行的访谈记录。访谈主题主要围绕多元文化、跨文化交融、多样性以及公共空间等方面，探讨参与者对跨文化交融和公共空间的认知。访谈对象包括在物理或社会规划过程中专业或志愿参与、为青少年提供服务或处理多元化管理（政策制定、规划、艺术等领域）的专业人士。他们或是社区活动家、专业设计师、公共空间管理者、社会服务提供者，或是代表社区服务使用者利益的青年。访谈内容具有反思性，所提问题根据访谈对象的具体讨论内容进行调整。研究的主要问题包括：参与者对公共空间的认知、对跨文化交融的定义，以及对于专家访谈，如何规划和设计以促进多样性。多伦多是一座多元文化城市，研究的主要目标之一是了解多伦多公共空间的管理方式以及如何更富有创意地利用公共空间以造福多元化群体。其他讨论的话题还包括青少年的排斥、犯罪、青少年服务设施、社会和教育不平等、失业、公共交通、街头艺术、安全、警察骚扰以及公共空间的私有化。此外，还包括了25场一人和两人访谈，以及一场由13名男女青年组成的焦点小组访谈。访谈对象年龄跨度从青少年至老年人。背景变量包括受访者的职业、性别和年龄。