Good neighbours? Homeless people as seen by those who live alongside them

Marine Maurin & translated by Oliver Waine — 2015-06-05T04:50:00Z

Prejudices regarding the poorest in society die hard. Does living in proximity to some of these populations help change perceptions? And what role does discomfort and disturbance – whether real or merely anticipated – play in this? A study presented in Habiter à côté des SDF (“Living alongside homeless people”) seeks to analyse the reactions provoked by the presence of homeless populations among those who live nearby.
Marie Loison-Leruste's work, adapted from her PhD thesis in sociology,

- Reviews / Île-de-France, public space, Paris region, Nanterre, housing, Paris, cohabitation, nuisance, emotions, poverty, homelessness, precarity, assistance, coexistence, NIMBY, hospitality, emergency accommodation, neighbors, disturbance

Coping with crowdedness in mass transportation

Martin Aranguren & Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Oliver Waine — 2014-02-26T05:50:00Z

Riding overcrowded metros, tubes or subways with dozens of strangers in varying moods is routinely viewed as a trying experience. Yet we know very little about the discreet but crucial emotional work that passengers do every day in order to facilitate the smooth functioning of urban mass transportation.
In Paris, annual metro ridership increased from 1.2 billion journeys in 2000 to 1.5 billion in 2011, or 5.16 million trips per weekday. [1] This roughly 25% growth in passenger numbers has

- From the Field / France, public space, public transportation, Paris, density, métro, mass transit, metro, subway, tube, underground, emotions, antisocial behaviour, sociabilities, rapid transit

Metropolitics

Good neighbours? Homeless people as seen by those who live alongside them

Coping with crowdedness in mass transportation