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Munich's Laptop and LederhosenTradition, Innovation, and the Rest
Svenska social- och kommunalhögskolanvid Helsingfors universitet, 29.04.2010
Falko Blumenthal, Hochschule für Politik München
Munich's Laptop and Lederhosen
Falko Blumenthal, Hochschule für Politik München
MUNICH
“Cosmopolitan city with a heart.”
(dt. München) state capital of Bavaria
3rd largest German city, strongest economic city
~2.6 million urban inhabitants
~5.2 million metropolitan inhabitants
Munich's Laptop and Lederhosen
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FACTS: HISTORY
1158 Foundation (administrative centre 1255)
1806 Royal capital and centre of culture
1919 Soviet Republic and counter-revolution
1923 Hitler-Kapp Putsch
1933-45 Nazi regime and WW II
1957 First Million inhabitants, economic centre
1972 Summer Olympics & Transport system
2006 Football World Cup
Munich's Laptop and Lederhosen
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FACTS: ECONOMY
HQs of Siemens, BMW, MAN, Linde, Allianz
Insurance, R&S, MTU, EADS, Krauss-Maffei,
Infineon, Osram, Microsoft, Google, ARD,
Pro7Sat1…
Centre for BioTec, IT, and service
European publishers' capital
2nd largest German airport
Highest dispensable German income (in cities)
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TRADITION & IDENTITY
Fiercely independent historically
Strong agrarian background
Core Bavaria: Catholic anti-Prussian sentiment
Historicist (Monarchy, Beer, “tribal” districts)
and cultural (customs, costumes, dialect,
Mentality, food) pride
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EVERYDAY LIFE & TRADITION
Christian Social Union as “the” Bavarian party
Beer garden, brewery house, and food culture
Exact architectural restoration after WW II
Bavarian patriotism
Rebellious AND conservative attitude
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SO... HOW COME?
Why is a conservative province capital
- a centre of the creative industry and
- an European leader in innovation?
Munich's Laptop and Lederhosen
Falko Blumenthal, Hochschule für Politik München
APPROACH I: RICHARD FLORIDA
“3 T” of creative cities:
Technology
Talent
Tolerance
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APPROACH: RICHARD FLORIDA
Technology
Since WW II centre for Siemens, BMW
Active state support for new industries and PPP
Milieu of SME around world market leaders
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APPROACH: RICHARD FLORIDA
Talent
More than 15 institutions of higher learning
More than 12 national research institutes
R&D intensive industry centered in Munich
89.000 students
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APPROACH: RICHARD FLORIDA
Tolerance
City government in red-green-pink coalition
Christopher Street Day central part of city life
Glockenbach as gay quarter
Bohemian Schwabing-Maxvorstadt, Haidhausen
Strong foreigners' assembly, immigrant clubs
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REMARKS
- “Unbavarian” urban educated middle class
- Divided government state vs. city
- Bohemian tradition since art-minded 19th cent.
- 70s culture shift due to Liberalitas Bavariae?
- General wealth as nutrient for creatives?
- Municipal commitment to gentrification?
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RESULTS
- Among the highest standards of living
- Rising BioTec industry in Martinsried
- Establishment of micro-electronics and ITC
- Centre for Intellectual Property Law
- 300 000 internationals
Munich's Laptop and Lederhosen
Falko Blumenthal, Hochschule für Politik München
READINGHanns Seidel Stiftung (ed.): Generationenstudie 2003. Heimat und
Heimatgefühl inBayern, (www.hss.de/fileadmin/migration/downloads/Politische_Studien_Sonderausgabe_Generationenstudie_2003.pdf)
Manuel Castells: City Class and Power, 1972
Manuel Castells / Peter Hall: Technopoles of the world, 1994
Richard Florida: Cities and the Creative Class, 2005
LINKSMUNICHFOUND, www.munichfound.com
URBANAUTEN, www.die-urbanauten.de
UnternehmerTUM, www.unternehmertum.de
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME...
This presentation will be online at
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/varldenisockom10
Falko Blumenthal
student of Political Sciences and Political Economy at the Munich School of Political Science, visiting student at SSKH 2009/10
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