Reshaping the Boundaries of Public and Private Life: Gender, Condominium Development, and the Neoliberalization of Urban Living

Kern, Leslie

doi:10.2747/0272-3638.28.7.657

Cited by 61 publications

(62 citation statements)

References 56 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Within cities, some have argued that the shift from renting to owning that typically accompanies gentrification can prompt changing political attitudes as home owners are more likely than renters to align with neoliberal political agendas emphasizing lower taxes and market based solutions to social problems (Kern, 2007). In rural areas, the political changes emerging within gentrifying villages are more likely to revolve around land-use planning, environmental aesthetics, and resource management.…”

Section: Consequences Of Rural Gentrificationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Rural gentrification and linked migration in the United States

Nelson

Oberg

Nelson

2010

Journal of Rural Studies

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Consequences Of Rural Gentrificationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Rural gentrification and linked migration in the United States

Nelson

Oberg

Nelson

2010

Journal of Rural Studies

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…As researchers and activists, we need to map the contours of this all too often hidden landscape (e.g. Driscoll Derickson 2009; Kern 2007;Longhurst et al 2009). …”

Section: Lessonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While scholars have been vigilant in chronicling the rise of neoliberalism as a global trend, there have been calls for more grounded research on urban neoliberalism, documenting the specific processes and experiences of displacement that accompany and define neoliberal shifts (Brenner and Theodore 2002;Keil 2002;Larner 2003;Leitner et al 2007;Peck 2004). Gender has been recognized as one of the key lenses through which the workings of urban neoliberalism must be understood, yet work remains to be done in specifying neoliberalism's relationships to women's everyday experiences (Bondi 1998;Hubbard 2004;Kern 2007;Vaiou and Lykogianni 2006). In addition to getting the story of neoliberalism straight, this call for specificity also demands exploration of the details through which neoliberalism's injustices may be contested.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Notes on women in the global city: Chicago

Curran

Breitbach

2010

Gender, Place & Culture

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

As the organizers of an event on women in the global city, we wanted to create a forum exploring the intersections of class, gender and other forms of inequality that fracture 'global Chicago'. In the panelists' discussion of the intersections of struggles relating to housing, education and environmental justice in Chicago's particular version of the global city, we found evidence of lives disrupted by neoliberal trends, as well as possible sites to contest these disruptions. These struggles reverberate to shape a new urban vision, as the academics and activists assembled for our panel aim not just to work on the local issues of specific women, but to create a city in which work is well compensated, housing is affordable for everyone, schools educate all children well, all neighborhoods are safe both from crime and environmental pollutants, and everyone has the time to fully engage as active citizens of the city.

show abstract

“…It is of the utmost importance that the concept of public and private play complementary roles in urban studies and that the function of these two concepts be considered and dealt with in combination (Apostol 2007, Kern 2007. This premise is supported by the dynamic concepts of public and private space perceived by the participants in this study.…”

Section: Theme 1: Flexible Understanding Of Public and Private Spacesmentioning

confidence: 58%

“…It is of utmost importance that the concept of public and private play complementary roles in urban studies and that the function of these two concepts should be considered and dealt with in a combined manner (Apostol 2007, Kern 2007). In support of Apostol's suggestions, it appears that for Middle Eastern women there is a distinctive transformation in the conceptual meanings of public and private over time.…”

Section: What Is the Relationship Between Public Space And Private Spmentioning

confidence: 99%

A living room in the city: the place of public space in the everyday lives of Middle Eastern women in Greater Brisbane

Gholamhosseini¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

With the first step people take out of their homes, they enter public territory. One of the significant visions for urban planners producing spaces for public life is creating a feeling of comfort for each urban dweller in this wide territory of many. Successful public spaces can only be produced through informed planning and understanding the needs of all urban dwellers. In an attempt to understand the needs of one group of urban dwellers, Middle Eastern women in Greater Brisbane, this study investigates their everyday experiences of public spaces in Greater Brisbane and explores the suitability of available public spaces for this group.The aim of this study is to answer questions about the roles that urban spaces play in the daily lives of migrant women to find ways of making better connections between their everyday experience as migrants and public spaces as a constituent element of social life. To introduce a platform in which the voice of this minority group could be heard this study is an attempt to explore and understand the role and structure of urban spaces from three different angles: the meaning of public and private space, and relationships between the two spaces; diversity and migration and the impact of these on the everyday life of migrant people (especially on their use of public space); and women and their needs and expectations for urban spaces. These three different themes, in addition to the characteristics of Australian society and cities, could describe the main question of this research: how can the experiences of Middle Eastern migrant women using public spaces inform the planning and design of such spaces?Phenomenology is the research approach adopted in this study. A Phenomenological approach is appropriate when the research question requires an intimate awareness and deep understanding of how humans experience a situation. Based on data collected through semistructured in-depth interviews with twenty Middle Eastern women, and with the assist of NVivo software and Phenomenological approach (Moustakas' modification of the Van Kaam model), twelve themes were identified that address the way this group of urban dwellers experience the built and natural environment.Aside from an in-depth understanding of the urban experience for Middle Eastern women, the findings from this study recognises and understands how minority groups/migrants experience urban settings presenting possible ways planning disciplines could better respond to the needs and expectations of these urban dwellers. The research findings presented in this study contribute to planning involving Middle Eastern populations in multicultural settings and show how gender, social construct, ethnic composition, religious beliefs, and lifestyle define and change the ways in ii which urban spaces are experienced and used by these urban dwellers. Subsequently these findings emphasize the role of urban specialists, particularly urban planners, in design and production of inclusive urban spaces that are suitable for use by multicult...

show abstract

Reshaping the Boundaries of Public and Private Life: Gender, Condominium Development, and the Neoliberalization of Urban Living

Cited by 61 publications

References 56 publications

Rural gentrification and linked migration in the United States

Rural gentrification and linked migration in the United States

Notes on women in the global city: Chicago

A living room in the city: the place of public space in the everyday lives of Middle Eastern women in Greater Brisbane

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About