Visualizing “Superdiversity” in New York City

H. Jacob Carlson — 2022-11-08T06:00:00Z

A new set of visualization and mapping tools focused on “superdiversity” shows the complexity and intersectionality of New York City. These tools will be useful for scholars, policy-shapers, journalists, and many others.
“Superdiversity” refers to how assigned categories of racial difference and national origin have become much more complex. Highlighting these multiple layers of diversity was the goal of an international team of researchers. Steven Vertovec (Max Planck Institute) and Daniel

- Essays / superdiversity, diversity, New York, United States, hyper-diversity, social diversity, mapping

Queens, New York: A Global Microcosm

Susie J. Tanenbaum — 2021-05-04T05:00:00Z

Susie J. Tanenbaum reviews Immigrant Crossroads: Globalization, Incorporation, and Placemaking in Queens, New York, highlighting how the new edited volume by Tarry Hum, Ron Hayduk, François Pierre-Louis, Jr., and Michael Alan Krasner uses the case of Queens, New York, to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives on contemporary immigration issues in a hyper-diverse urban setting and expands the field of immigration studies in promising ways.
On January 28, 2017, an executive order from

- Reviews / Queens, New York, migration, immigration, migrants, immigrant incorporation, diversity, hyper-diversity, globalization, placemaking, Donald Trump

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Visualizing “Superdiversity” in New York City

Queens, New York: A Global Microcosm