Urban encounters with difference: the contact hypothesis and immigrant integration projects in eastern Berlin

Matejskova, Tatiana; Leitner, Helga

doi:10.1080/14649365.2011.610234

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“…Matejskova and Leitner (2011) warn that the focus of many scholars and policy-makers on sites of chance encounters often goes at the expense of carefully planned projects aimed at the integration of immigrants and those with an immigrant background. The paper at hand highlights that sites of encounters are diverse, ranging from more open spaces such as a library to more regulated and organized venues such as a community-centre.…”

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Living with difference in hyper-diverse areas: how important are encounters in semi-public spaces?

Peterson

2016

Social & Cultural Geography

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Urban populations increasingly diversify in their socio-economic, cultural, religious and linguistic profiles as well as in their lifestyles, attitudes and activity patterns. This hyper-diversification can complicate feelings of belonging and community. Since diversity is negotiated at the neighbourhood level, micro spaces are central in building communities. Micro spaces tend to be semi-public and stimulate diverse groups to intermingle, which results in on-off as well as repetitive and structural interactions. Understanding the creation and impact of encounters is central to capturing contemporary notions of belonging and living with difference. This paper compares encounters experienced in two semi-public spaces in the hyper-diverse neighbourhood of Feyenoord in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Although encounters at the library were lighter and shorter than at the community-centre, all positively impact collective life in the neighbourhood. At the communitycentre, encounters result in light as well as deeper relationships, making visitors feel more at 'home' because they recognize others elsewhere in the neighbourhood. At the library, encounters are lighter but visitors become familiar with diversity, making them feel more at 'home' and safe in their neighbourhood as well. The study suggests that fleeting encounters require more serious attention within the context of negotiating diversity.

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Living with difference in hyper-diverse areas: how important are encounters in semi-public spaces?

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2016

Social & Cultural Geography

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“…Above all, both narratives demonstrate that, while This quote demonstrates that Magda's complicated, yet predominantly positive, encounter with a Muslim person does not appear to influence her attitude towards the whole group, i.e. Muslim people (Matejskova and Leitner, 2011;Valentine, 2008). Indeed, Magda perceives her husband as exceptional in comparison to other Muslims, men in particular.…”

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“…Following this understanding, social scientists have increasingly looked at 'sites of encounters' including neighbourhoods, schools and university campuses as well as means of transport (Andersson et al, 2012;Hemming, 2011;Leitner, 2011;Matejskova and Leitner, 2011;Watson, 2009;Wessendorf, 2013;Wilson, 2011). However, some significant spaces of contact with difference such as family and home, 6 workplace or leisure spaces -although addressed in some publications (e.g.…”

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“…In a study of contact between Russian immigrants and local German residents in Eastern Berlin, Matejskova and Leitner (2011) notice that fleeting interactions between the representatives of both groups may reinforce pre-existing stereotypes about national or ethnic otherness. On the other hand, collaboration is likely to generate closer and more meaningful encounters that engender empathy and positive attitudes towards difference.…”

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Beyond openness and prejudice: The consequences of migrant encounters with difference

Gawlewicz

2015

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This article investigates the consequences of migrant encounters with difference in terms of ethnicity, religion, class, social status, sexuality and gender. While the notion of encounter has attracted much academic attention, in particular with regard to multiculture, social diversity and the challenge of living with difference, many of these debates tend to, oddly enough, overlook migrant populations. Furthermore, although they acknowledge that significant numbers of migrants to diverse societies such as the UK originate from much less diverse communities, they rarely reflect on the intricacies of production of difference in these respective places. Recognising these limitations, this article outlines the consequences of encounters with difference in the context of migration from Poland (a relatively homogeneous postcommunist society) to the UK (a 'superdiverse' post-colonial society). The article draws upon extensive empirical material collected among Polish post-2004 migrants to the Northern English city of Leeds. It establishes that migrant encounters result in development, revision or change of values and attitudes towards difference. This may involve a range of personal stances including favourable and prejudiced attitudes as well as, most likely, 'complicated' and 'in-between' responses.

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“…To this end, it engages on the one hand with Putnam's theory of the value of associational life (1992) and on the other hand with the recent critique of the contact theory and in particular works of Matejskova and Leitner (2011), Valentine (2008), and Bilewicz (2007).…”

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Grassroots Narratives and Practices of Diversity in Mostar and Novi Sad

Goldstein¹

2015

Governing Through Diversity

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Urban encounters with difference: the contact hypothesis and immigrant integration projects in eastern Berlin

Cited by 174 publications

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Living with difference in hyper-diverse areas: how important are encounters in semi-public spaces?

Living with difference in hyper-diverse areas: how important are encounters in semi-public spaces?

Beyond openness and prejudice: The consequences of migrant encounters with difference

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