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Summary
Summary
Urban Ehtnic Encounters attempts to answer the two leading questions of how urban space structures the life of ethnic groups and how ethnic diversity helps to shape urban space. A multidisciplinary team of authors searches the various dimensions of the spatial organization of inter-ethnic relations in cities and countries around the globe. Unlike most ethnographies in which authors write about the 'other' in faraway places, the majority of the contributors have studied their own society.
The case studies are from four different continents. Material is presented from diverse locations such as the cities of Toronto, Philadelphia, Vienna, Beirut, Jakarta, Tehran, Osaka and Albuquerque, and the countries of Israel, Brazil and Taiwan, presents a unique opportunity for comparative analysis of ethnicity and spatial patterns. From this wealth of material important inter-cultural conclusions can be made about urban ethnic diversity.
Author Notes
Aygen Erdentug is associate professor at the Department of Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Freek Colombijn is a lecturer at the Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Table of Contents
| 1 IntroductionFreek Colombijn and Aygen Erdentug |
| Part 1 The Macro Level Analysis of Urban Ethnic Encounters: Enclaves and the Zones of the Cities |
| 2 Residential Segregation and Neighbourhood Socioeconomics Inequality: Southeast Asians in TorontoJoe T. Darden |
| 3 Places of Worship in Multicultural Settings in TorontoChandrakant P. Shah |
| 4 The Impact of Local and Regional Planning on Arab Towns in the 'Little Triangle'Thabet Abu Rass |
| 5 Borders and Boundaries in Post-War BeirutDaniel Genberg |
| Part 2 The Meso Level Analysis of Urban Ethnic Encounters: The Neighbourhoods of the Cities |
| 6 Perception and Use of Space by Ethnic Chinese om JakartaHarald Leisch |
| 7 About Urban Fear in Brazil: From the Favelas to The Truman ShowCarmen Silvia and Moraes Rial and Miriam Pillar Grossi |
| 8 Ethnic Consciousness Arises on Facing Spatial Threats to Philadelphia ChinatownJian Guan |
| 9 Transcultural Home Identity Across the Pacific: a Case Study of High-Tech Taiwanese Transnational Communities in Hsinchu, Taiwan and Silicon Valley, USAShenglin Chang |
| 10 To Cross or Not to Cross the Boundaries in a Small Multi-Ethnic Area of the City of TehranSoheila Shahshahani |
| Part 3 The Micro Level Analysis of Urban Ethnic Encounters: The Streets and the Squares of the Cities |
| 11 Repacking Difference: The Korean 'Theming' of a Shopping Street in Osaka, JapanJeffry T. Hester |
| 12 The Appropriation of Public Space as a Space for Living: The Waterworld Festival in ViennaHeidi Dumreicher |
| 13 Contested Urban Space: Symbolising Power and Identity in the City of Albuquerque, New MexicoEveline Durr |
| 14 ConclusionFreek Colombijn and Aygen Erdentug |
