William Worthy’s Concept of “Institutional Rape” Revisited

Silverman, Robert Mark; Lewis, Jade; Patterson, Kelly L.

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“…New urban regimes have broader agendas beyond their place-based institutions and are linked with "campaigns to reorganize and privatize the public institutions in the neighborhoods that surround them" (Patterson and Silverman 2014, p. 8). Studies show how the regimes function in neighborhoods by focusing on residents' negotiations with hospital or university anchors (Gregory 2013;Salkin and Lavine 2008;Silverman, Lewis and Patterson 2014). Residents often perceive these institutions and associated funders as "elite actor[s]" with their own economic agenda (Horak et al 2015, p. 28; also see Ahn 2007;Baldwin 2021).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community Benefits Through an Anchor: Contestations During the Planning of the Obama Presidential Center

Fennelly

2023

Urban Affairs Review

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With the privatization of urban development, anchor institutions are becoming stakeholders in neighborhood revitalization. Cities are eager for anchors due to their purported benefits, but residents are often wary of negative externalities and push for more accountability. This study uses new urban regime theory and focuses on the contestations during an anchor's planning and analyzes the significance of the contestations’ associated outcomes. I use the case of the Obama Presidential Center and the Obama Foundation's rejection of a community benefits agreement to show how anchors can promote a community vision that supersedes that of residents and local organizations. Interviews with organizational stakeholders and analysis of planning materials reveal competing positions regarding organizational identity, community definitions, and racial legitimacy. Enforcing accountability with anchors will require city governments to critique meanings of neighborhood revitalization, prioritize local voices and consider impacts for all large developments, irrespective of whether they are for-profit or non-profit.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Community Benefits Through an Anchor: Contestations During the Planning of the Obama Presidential Center

Fennelly

2023

Urban Affairs Review

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“…Using difference-indifference modeling, Ehlenz illustrates how anchor efforts can stimulate physical revitalization without socioeconomic benefits (2018b). Other research highlights the transactional nature of anchor models, capturing shortfalls when neighborhood benefits are shoehorned into institutional strategy (Silverman, Lewis, & Patterson, 2014;Silverman, Taylor, Yin, Miller, & Buggs, 2019).…”

Section: Anchoring the Community?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“Can You Imagine What’s Happened in Durham?”

Ehlenz¹

2020

Journal of the American Planning Association

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Problem, research strategy, and findings: As Durham's economy collapsed in the mid-1990s, Duke established a plan to intervene. Its actions aligned with anchor institution models at many universities; its approach, however, was unique: In a city where Duke was a fixture, university leadership understood a top-down approach was not viable. Instead, administrators launched a community-led model intended to change the "story [from] look at what Duke did," to "can you imagine what's happened in Durham?". I use a longitudinal case study to examine Duke's anchor institution model in 12 Durham neighborhoods. The research considers Duke's approach from the mid-1990s to present, drawing from: interviews with Duke administrators, community organizations, and neighborhood representatives; newspaper articles and reports; and a descriptive analysis of neighborhood change. This case explores an anchor model that engages non-profit partners and community development strategies. Findings show the potential for a multi-partner anchor model that cultivates neighborhood improvement and minimizes (to an extent) gentrification pressures that can arise from anchor investment. Duke's anchor model offers a unique perspective on university-community engagement, partnerships and neighborhood investment. Takeaway for practice: Duke's case offers insights for how major institutions-from university anchors to local government-can recast their roles in communities; it also offers a roadmap for how institutions can engage (and benefit) neighborhoods in meaningful ways. Informed by a collaborative anchor model, Duke empowered residents to identify their own neighborhood priorities and partnered with local community organizations to meet those aims. This anchor model reveals a powerful role for intermediaries, including planners and community organizers, to connect institutional resources with neighborhood priorities. Supported by a participatory planning process, there are opportunities to realign anchor institution strategies and tools with neighborhood priorities to move towards mutually beneficial outcomes.

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“…The development of the Canalside area, the construction of a Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus, and West Side neighborhood development were part of Buffalo’s comeback story (Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, n.d. ; Silverman et al, 2014; Visit Buffalo Niagara, n.d. ; Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To address the decline in formal institutions, funding for the criminal justice and immigration systems increased. As a result, incarceration and deportation became solutions to government-sponsored social problems (Alexander, 2010;Wacquant, 2009) Silverman et al, 2014;Visit Buffalo Niagara, n.d.;Western New York Regional Economic Development Council, 2017). The ventures of the Grant-Lafayette Strip, located on the west side, were supported by Westminster Economic Development Initiative (WEDI).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Appeal: Colorblindness, Neoliberalism, and Neighborhood Branding

Rabii

2023

Critical Sociology

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Using content analysis of Buffalo media and 20 semi-structured interviews, I document the use of immigrant entrepreneurialism as a neoliberal urban governance strategy. Racism evasiveness is central to this strategy. I observe that immigrants and refugees are treated as symbolic capital as part of a neighborhood branding strategy that involves parlaying diversity into material benefits. I call this strategy global appeal. Buffalo’s resurgence is a feel-good story that draws on neoliberal market logics, colorblindness, and diversity ideology. These stories allow Whites to evade racism when discussing neighborhood renewal and racist comments. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic capital, Bell’s concept of neighborhood frames, and Beeman’s theory of racism evasiveness, I argue that immigrants and refugees are used as symbolic capital to construct a neighborhood brand. This is part of a strategy of roll out neoliberalism that relies on two neighborhood frames: revitalization and diversity. The revitalization frame credits immigrants and refugees with contributing to the neighborhood through homeownership, entrepreneurialism, and school enrollment. The diversity frame celebrates people of different races, cultures, and ethnicities coming together while both evading and obscuring racism.

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William Worthy’s Concept of “Institutional Rape” Revisited

Cited by 33 publications

References 29 publications

Community Benefits Through an Anchor: Contestations During the Planning of the Obama Presidential Center

Community Benefits Through an Anchor: Contestations During the Planning of the Obama Presidential Center

“Can You Imagine What’s Happened in Durham?”

Global Appeal: Colorblindness, Neoliberalism, and Neighborhood Branding

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