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Hamburg’s Spaces of Danger: Race, Violence and Memory in a Contemporary Global City
Germany today is experiencing the strongest upsurge of right‐wing populism since the second world war, most notably with the rise of Pegida and Alternative für Deutschland. Yet wealthy global cities like Hamburg continue to present themselves as the gatekeepers of liberal progress and cosmopolitan openness. This...
The Nomad, The Squatter and the State: Roma Racialization and Spatial Politics in Italy
What happens when Roma people move from the space of an informal settlement to that of a squat of a housing rights movement? In this article, which is based on the analysis of housing squats involving Roma people in the Italian capital city of Rome, I argue that this move is more than a housing solution: it is a new...
Experiences of Urban Militarism: Spatial Stigma, Ruins and Everyday Life
A key question in urban sociology is how people interpret the urban environment. At a time when cities are increasingly militarized, this question is particularly important for understanding how militarism impacts urban life. However, urban sociologists have not addressed how people experience militarized...
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Detail from Neuengamme Concentration Camp, brick factory (photo © Emily Mohney, 2016, reproduced under Creative Commons licence CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Detail from Roma camp in Cesarina Street (photo © Gaja Maestri, 2013)
Detail from Living with Ruins (photo © Silvia Pasquetti, 2008)