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Regulating Basement Conversions in New York City

Ooha Uppalapati - 14 July 2023

Ooha Uppalapati examines the regulation of basement apartments in New York City and the implications of proposed laws...

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Digital Technology and the City: New Forms of Urban Segregation in Cape Town?

Julien Migozzi & translated by Oliver Waine - 23 June 2023

In the age of platform capitalism, how is digital technology reconfiguring real-estate markets and access to housing?...

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The Reception Chain for Exiled Ukrainians: From Ukraine to Poland and France

Thomas Lacroix & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 June 2023

In contrast to other recent waves of refugees, Ukrainian exiles have been welcomed quickly and massively within the...

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Major Events: The Olympics of Digital Urban Safety?

Myrtille Picaud & translated by Oliver Waine - 2 June 2023

Major international events are increasingly witnessing the deployment of digital security policies and technologies,...

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Girls-Only Sport

Antoine Bréau & translated by Oliver Waine - 26 May 2023

Against a backdrop of gender inequalities at school, an experiment in the field of physical education shows that...

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¡Yo soy Boricua! Identity-related work and collective elevation strategies among New York Puerto Ricans

Audrey Célestine & translated by Oliver Waine - 5 May 2023

Puerto Ricans in New York City form a minority group in the struggle against discrimination. Audrey Célestine shows...

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Resisting the Neoliberal City? The Popular Initiative in Berlin

Thomas Chevallier - 17 February 2023

Western representative democracy is in crisis. In response, direct democracy is emerging as a possible path to...

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Closing the Loop or Looping Close By?

Marine Frantz & Gabriel Renault - 7 February 2023

Marine Frantz and Gabriel Renault explore the spatial dimension of the circular economy, particularly in regard to...

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Have Low-Income Households Been Failed by the Sale of Social Housing?

Matthieu Gimat & Manon Le Bon-Vuylsteke & Bruno Marot & translated by Oliver Waine - 6 January 2023

Since 2018, the selling-off of social housing in France, as in other countries in Europe, has accelerated. What are...

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Securing Shelter While Facing Eviction: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Lebanon

Dima El Khouri - 16 December 2022

Dima El Khouri documents the politics of securing housing for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. She shows the complex web...

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Plague and Urban Policy in Bombay, 1896–1914

Vanessa Caru & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 November 2022

What consequences can an epidemic have on a city? Vanessa Caru describes the ways in which a plague epidemic in...

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Women Farmers Doing It for Themselves? The Ambiguous Consequences of Non-Mixed Engagement

Clémentine Comer & translated by Oliver Waine - 1 November 2022

In the farming world, many women’s groups defend the cause of women farmers. Clémentine Comer analyzes the...

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Spaces of Inclusion and Exclusion: Algerians in Paris, France

Elizabeth Nelson - 4 October 2022

In the context of contemporary French republicanism, how do Algerians in Paris assert their identities and negotiate...

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Lockdown Experiences of the Youth of the Paris Banlieues

Jeanne Demoulin & Collectif Pop-Part & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 September 2022

How did young people from working-class neighborhoods in France experience lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis? A...

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The Postponed Tokyo 2020 Games: From Planning Conflicts to Covid

Raphaël Languillon-Aussel & translated by Oliver Waine - 9 September 2022

One of the many consequences of the Covid‑19 pandemic was the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in summer...

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Power in the Periphery: Waste Conflict and Resistance in Periurban Kerala

Ashish Prabhakar - 6 September 2022

Ashish Prabhakar analyzes one Indian village’s fight against a city waste processing plant in 2011–2012, illustrating...

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Arrests of People Smugglers in Niger: A Criminalization of Mutual-Aid Practices in Migration Situations

Alizée Dauchy & translated by Oliver Waine - 8 July 2022

From the point of view of the Northern states, international migration from the South now has its designated leaders,...

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Starve the Beast: Community-Owned and Community-Controlled Composting as an Alternative to Incineration in Baltimore

Nicole Fabricant - 31 May 2022

Nicole Fabricant documents organizing efforts in Baltimore, led by youth of color, against a trash-to-energy...

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Lawyers and Borders: Using Legal Recourse to Oppose State Discretion?

Annalisa Lendaro & translated by Oliver Waine - 6 May 2022

In the autumn of 2020, the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais département, in northern France, prohibited associations...

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The Spectacle of Reuse: Recirculating Urban Salvage at Pittsburgh’s Construction Junction

Susan M. Ross - 29 April 2022

Susan M. Ross examines a building-materials reuse center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, arguing that it is an important...

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The Professionalization of Migrant Assistance in Tunisia

Camille Cassarini & translated by Oliver Waine - 15 April 2022

In Tunisia, the management of sub-Saharan migration has in recent years become a new sector of employment. Camille...

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“Welcomed with Closed Arms”: The Everyday Abandonment of Asylum Seekers in Marseille

Béatrice Mésini & Assaf Dahdah & translated by Oliver Waine - 1 April 2022

Asylum policies in France are torn between welcoming and dissuasive measures, and appear ambivalent. Béatrice Mesini...

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The Politics of Urban Heritage-Making in the Yongqingfang Redevelopment Project in Guangzhou, China

Yimeng Yang - 29 March 2022

Yimeng Yang uses the case of a redevelopment project in Guangzhou, China, to interrogate heritage-led urban...

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The Everyday Realities of Marriage Migration

Laura Odasso & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 March 2022

If unions between nationals from Global North countries and foreigners are frequent, their marriages are often met...

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A “Migration Crisis”? The Myths and Realities of France’s Immigration Figures

Camille Gourdeau & translated by Oliver Waine - 11 March 2022

Is France experiencing a “migration crisis”? Based on a statistical analysis of immigration figures, Camille Gourdeau...

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The Promises and Realities of Data-Driven Community Development

Austin Harrison - 22 February 2022

Tennessee nonprofit Innovate Memphis has spent nearly a decade designing the Memphis Property Hub, a public data...

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Refugee Encampment on Europe’s Borders

Marie Bassi & translated by Oliver Waine - 4 February 2022

Much media attention on the issue of migration is focused on attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea and the often...

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Double Jeopardy for Single-Parent Families: When Housing Conditions and Lockdown Collide

Laure Crepin & Fanny Bugeja-Bloch & translated by Oliver Waine - 5 November 2021

Single-parent families are among those households most affected by economic precarity and the current health crisis....

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Covid-19 Transformed New York’s Destination Food Markets

Ivana Mellers - 5 October 2021

Ivana Mellers analyzes how New York’s destination markets—key spaces of economic and social interactions—coped during...

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Between Two Crises: New York’s Artisanal Food Startup Founders

Nga Than - 28 September 2021

The Covid‑19 pandemic forced a pause to a decade of growth for New York City’s artisanal food startups. Strategies...

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