Spaces of Resistance and Re-Actuality of Gramsci in Refugees’ Struggles for Rights?

Meret, Susi; Corte, Elisabetta Della

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“…Many were apprehended and taken to the island of Lampedusa, where they languished in sub‐standard conditions until 2013, when the Italian authorities gave them money and a humanitarian permit to travel and work. Many made their way north to Hamburg and other cities in Germany (Meret and Della Corte, ).…”

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“…In the second case we show how these geographies of exclusion continued, albeit in a more brutal form, during the Nazi era at Hamburg's Neuengamme labor camp. In the final site, we suggest that this racial violence is manifested in the city's Gefahrengebiete (Danger Area) laws and in the harsh treatment of Black African asylum seekers in recent years (Meret and Della Corte, ; Sutter, ). In order to emphasize how forces of racial violence and exclusion are also challenged and resisted by those they target, we explore the formation of Lampedusa in Hamburg, a refugee group that seeks to represent and protest, on a global stage, the treatment of their members.…”

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Hamburg's Spaces of Danger: Race, Violence and Memory in a Contemporary Global City

MacFarlane¹,

Mitchell²

2019

Int J Urban Regional Res

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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 article argues that Hamburg's urban boosterism relies on, while simultaneously obscuring, the same structures of racial violence that embolden reactionary movements. Drawing on the work of Walter Benjamin and Allan Pred, we present an archaeology of Hamburg's landscape, uncovering some of its ‘spaces of danger’—sites layered with histories of violence, many of which lie buried and forgotten. We find that these spaces, when they become visible, threaten to undermine Hamburg's cosmopolitan narrative. They must, as a result, be continually erased or downplayed in order to secure the city as an attractive site for capital investment. To illustrate this argument, we give three historical examples: Hamburg's role in the Hanseatic League during the medieval and early modern period; the city under the Nazi regime; and the recent treatment of Black African refugees. The article's main contribution is to better situate issues of historical landscape, collective memory and racialized violence within the political economy of today's global city.

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Hamburg's Spaces of Danger: Race, Violence and Memory in a Contemporary Global City

MacFarlane¹,

Mitchell²

2019

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…Because of the new migrant and refugee movements emerging in Europe over the last 5 years, there is a growing body of literature analyzing these mobilizations in Germany (Ataç et al 2015;Johnson 2015;Jakob 2016;Klotz 2016). Most of the studies focus on local protests in Berlin (Ulu 2013;Wilcke and Lambert 2015;Fadaee 2015;Glöde and Böhlo 2015;Schwiertz 2016a) and Hamburg (Benigni and Pierdicca 2014;Meret and Della Corte 2016;Borgstede 2016). As previous research has mainly focused on single cases, we seek to provide an overview of the refugee movement, including its history, as well as a comparison of three struggles concerning our research question on different forms of organizing.…”

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“We Are Here to Stay” – Refugee Struggles in Germany Between Unity and Division

Odugbesan¹,

Schwiertz

2018

IMISCOE Research Series

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“…Most of the studies focus on local protests in Berlin (Ulu 2013;Wilcke and Lambert 2015;Fadaee 2015;Glöde and Böhlo 2015;Schwiertz 2016a) and Hamburg (Benigni and Pierdicca 2014;Meret and Della Corte 2016;Borgstede 2016). As previous research has mainly focused on single cases, we seek to provide an overview of the refugee movement, including its history, as well as a comparison of three struggles concerning our research question on different forms of organizing.…”

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