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| Id | 673 | |
| Author | Peterson M. | |
| Title | Living with difference in hyper-diverse areas: how important are encounters in semi-public spaces? Vécu de la différence dans les quartiers hyper-divers : importance des rencontres dans les espaces semi-publics El vivir con lo diferente en zonas excesivamente diversas: ¿cuán importantes son los encuentros en espacios semi-públicos? | |
| Reference | Peterson M.; Living with difference in hyper-diverse areas: how important are encounters in semi-public spaces? Vécu de la différence dans les quartiers hyper-divers : importance des rencontres dans les espaces semi-publics El vivir con lo diferente en zonas excesivamente diversas: ¿cuán importantes son los encuentros en espacios semi-públicos? ;Social and Cultural Geography vol:18.0 issue: 8.0 page:1067.0 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84978741630&doi=10.1080%2f14649365.2016.1210667&partnerID=40&md5=b4d0c5207bffe679025050473d24f23f |
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| Abstract | 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 community-centre, 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. © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
Living with difference in hyper-diverse areas: how important are encounters in semi-public spaces? This paper presents the results of a study that investigated the extent to which a library and a community-centre facilitate the creation of particular encounters and the impact of the differing encounters on visitors social networks and feeling of home in the highly diverse neighbourhood of Feyenoord located in Rotterdam South the Netherlands. Although these imaginaries are practiced at the community-centre they are dropped once visitors leave the centre or encounter each other at other places. Recalling what Hasan a regular library user said about being able to observe and check out others while being at the library highlights how a superficial familiarity with diversity suffices to evoke a sense of belonging and safety outside of the library. While the librarys visitors experience a more distant and silent form of connectedness a more traditional form of community characterized by stronger social ties and a network of social control is achieved at the community centre.
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