Editorial - Exclusion and Belonging in Urban Public and Quasi-Public Space

Smets, Peer

doi:10.2174/1874942901306010027

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“…The unsettled presence of scattered communal elements infused into public space also explains the current attempts at multiplying the analytical categories to describe contemporary accessible places, such as the notion of 'quasi-public' space (Smets and Watt 2013) and of 'particular/generic' place (Ley-Cervantes and Duyvendak 2015). How is it that different groups of people gain differential access to spaces within the urban built environment, according to whether they are 'natives', locals, grown-ups, 'regulars', immigrants, newcomers and so on?…”

Section: Home and The Thresholds Of Domesticitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrants and home in the making: thresholds of domesticity, commonality and publicness

Boccagni

Brighenti

2015

J Hous and the Built Environ

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The search for home as a material and symbolic space is an increasingly salient social question across contemporary multiethnic cities. The boundaries between what is public, communal and domestic are increasingly contested and yet remain a crucial issue, especially for minority groups such as immigrant and ethnic communities. The domestication of everyday living spaces carried out by immigrant and ethnic groups entails a variety of ways of 'cultivating home'. In a context characterized by transnational mobility, ethnic segregation and social marginality, domesticity-understood as the potential to enact a domestic dimension in meaningful places-is an important asset to resist present hardships, cultivate memory and lay out projects for the future. In this Editorial, we seek to untangle the multiple stakes entailed by the practices of 'making home' and 'feeling at home'. We invite scholars to observe how, even in minute and mundane details, dwelling places and the built environment come to be imbued with social and cultural meanings, which are pivotal to survival and social recognition. The articulation of domesticity, commonality and publicness can be fruitfully mapped through the concept of 'thresholds', which brings together the case studies that follow. By doing so, this Special Issue as a whole lays out a new research agenda at the intersection of housing, urban and migration studies.

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Section: Home and The Thresholds Of Domesticitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrants and home in the making: thresholds of domesticity, commonality and publicness

Boccagni

Brighenti

2015

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…The result of home and home making can contribute to a sense of belonging; a concept of analysis increasingly used in social sciences (e.g. Savage et al 2005 ; Watt 2009 ; Duyvendak 2011 ; Smets and Watt 2013 ; Watt and Smets 2014 ).…”

Section: Home and Belongingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tenure mix: apart or together? Home-making practices and belonging in a Dutch street

Smets¹,

Sneep²

2015

J Hous and the Built Environ

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This paper discusses home-making practices and senses of belonging in a street in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in the south of the Netherlands. The local tenure mix of tenants and owner-occupiers offers insight into the role class and ethnicity play in social mixing. Therefore, attention is paid to narratives and the informal organisation of different living spaces and territory-making practices. Here, the domestic space could be experienced as a vehicle of intimacy and sociability, or conversely as encouraging alienation. Such practices, in combination with length of stay result in mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. The insights derived from this study will contribute to the theoretical discussion on home-making practices and belonging.

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“…However, it was later indicated that one of the key objectives of London was to create a positive long lasting development legacy in East London specifically for the sake of obtaining many benefits as well as benefiting the local community in that area. Other cities that have further took on the task of improving their public spaces that they acquire include Berlin, Birmingham, and Barcelona (Raco, 2014;Smets & Watt, 2013;Kennelly & Watt, 2013;Madanipour, 1999).…”

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Geoprocessing of Grand Parks in Dubai: Managing Wellbeing from the Urban Public Spaces to the Leisure and Sport Environments

Mataruna-Dos-Santos¹,

Mahmsaa²,

J³

et al. 2020

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The aim of this paper is to analyze the five grand parks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and provide a geoprocessing approach to different aspects such as sport, health, leisure, recreation, and public wellbeing. The study uses a hybrid of qualitative and quantitative approach as methodology. Sustainability offerings, accessibility for people of determination and special needs, typology and the geolocations of the grand parks plays crucial role in residents’ wellbeing. The paper concludes with recommendations for Dubai government to design new and innovative approaches to manage wellbeing of urban public places into the leisure environment for residents.

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Editorial - Exclusion and Belonging in Urban Public and Quasi-Public Space

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

Immigrants and home in the making: thresholds of domesticity, commonality and publicness

Immigrants and home in the making: thresholds of domesticity, commonality and publicness

Tenure mix: apart or together? Home-making practices and belonging in a Dutch street

Geoprocessing of Grand Parks in Dubai: Managing Wellbeing from the Urban Public Spaces to the Leisure and Sport Environments

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