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About Us – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. MELA is a social innovation enterprise for social cohesion. MELA is founded by Noha Nasser. An urban design educator, researcher and consultant with over 20 years experience studying and practically engaging with cultural diversity in cities. We believe strongly in the breadth of creative and expressive tools to engage meaningfully including participatory action research tools, community mediation/conflict resolution methods, life coaching, physical dra...
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Research – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. Noha Nasser’s publications. Redefining heritage and identity in conservation (2007) Context, Vol 102, pp 20-22. South Asian Muslims in Britain: identity in architecture and urbanism (2005) Journal of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations Vol 16 (1), pp. 61-78. From Multicultural Urbanities to the Postmodern Cosmopolis: A Praxis for Urban Democracy. (2004) Built Environment. Vol 3 (1) pp. 5-16. Islamicate Urbanism: The State of the Art (2002). Built E...
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Blog – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. July 27, 2016. MELA creates new conversations with people in Balsall Heath. June 30, 2016. Bridging Cultures Roundtable in Birmingham Video published. This is a short video from the Bridging Cultures Roundtable in Birmingham in April 2016 that brought together the City leader, corporates, academics, and social innovators to share their vision for Birmingham’s future as a socially cohesive city and as an inclusive place of great public spaces. Cultural d...
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Projects – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. Southall’s Gas Works masterplan. MELA was commissioned by John Thompson and Partners to research the socio-cultural identity of Southall and ask the question: how can Southall’s culturally-diverse identity be an integral part of its future growth? Projects Prior to MELA social enterprise and while Noha Nasser was affiliated with Greenwich University and Birmingham City University. Client: Peabody Housing Association. Client: Urban Living HMRP. Project: ...
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What We Do – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. MELA works in a number of different ways:. Thought leadership and research. We develop ideas, research and evidence to understand the root causes of conflict and develop practical approaches to strengthen community cohesion. We work with clients in the public, third and private sector, communities, and built environment professionals to seek effective, innovative, and creative design solutions for convivial and safe public spaces. MELA works alongside p...
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Our Skills – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. We bring a broad range of disciplines and methods to understanding cultural diversity and public spaces including urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, anthropology, ethnography, community enablement, creative arts, cultural planning, and conflict mediation. These unique skills-sets allow MELA to support clients in an in-depth, holistic, and transformative manner. What we can do:. Community engagement, conflict mediation and facilitation.
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MELAssociates – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. Sarah is a founding Director of the design and research practice, Space Agency. Juliet is an architect and urban designer and one of the design duo at NEAT. She currently teaches on the MA Urban Design at Cardiff University in diverse areas including Research Methods and Design Studio. And is the co-author (with Charles Landry) of ‘The Intercultural City: Planning for Diversity Advantage’ (Earthscan, 2008). Ana Godinho de Matos. Joe is a Creative Produc...
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Social Innovation Book – Mela Social Enterprise
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MELA Social Enterprise People:Places:Participation. BRIDGING CULTURES Social Innovation in Cosmopolitan Cities. What is social innovation? Innovative activities and services that are motivated by the goal of meeting a social need and that are predominantly developed and diffused through people, organisations and the public sector whose primary purposes are social. (Mulgan et al., 2007). What is this book about? Bridging Cultures is the ideal guide for mayors, public authorities, housing providers and cit...
