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CONSULTANCY STATE: Government as (a) Service and the Anti‐politics of Technological Expertise in Indian Cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
wiley   +1 more source

DECOLONIZING CREATIVE GEOGRAPHIES OF ART BIENNIALS: A Study of Istanbul's Yeditepe Biennial through the Cultural Politics of Turkish Islamic Nationalism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
wiley   +1 more source

The Gulf Information War| Car Decals, Civic Rituals, and Changing Conceptions of Nationalism

International Journal of Communication, 2019
With the onset of the Gulf diplomatic crisis in June 2017, citizens and expatriate residents in Qatar affixed patriotic decals to their cars in a show of support.
Jocelyn Sage Mitchell, Ilhem Allagui
doaj  

Conforming to Belong: A Dialogic Exploration of Scottish-Pakistanis’ Experience of Everyday Islamophobic “Policing”

ReOrient
In recent years Scotland has discursively positioned itself as an inclusive society that embraces minorities through a civic rather than ethnic nationalism, yet there are increasing instances of institutional and public Islamophobia in particular against
Abigail L. Cunningham
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

Local Culture as a Potential of Learning Media for Civic Education: A Study of Civic Values in The Tradition of Pantauan Bunting in Besemah Custom

Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran
The Pantauan Bunting tradition is part of a series of traditional wedding customs that not only serve as a social ceremony but are also rich in the values of mutual cooperation, deliberation, responsibility, religiosity, and the strengthening of cultural
Rizky Anisa Salsabila, Suyato Suyato
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EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Patriotic Spiritualism in Pesantren Education to Cultivate Nationalism

Tarbawi
This study examines the integration of patriotic spiritualism into Islamic boarding school education as a model for fostering grassroots nationalism in Indonesia, with a case study at Sabilunnajat Islamic Boarding School in Ciamis.
Aip Syarifudin, Ade Aspandi, Nurul Chamidah, Lanlan Muhria, Hagi Al Imam   +4 more
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MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

GROWING GREEN IN US SUBURBIA: Property Value, Race and Domestic Landscaping Aesthetics in Mid‐Century America

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Much of the current popular and academic literature on the provision of green spaces is dominated by the assumption that ‘nature’ is an unalloyed positive, and that socioeconomic and racial exclusion from access to green spaces is a problem of unequal spatial distribution rather than of the form and content of particular urban designs.
Kiera Chapman
wiley   +1 more source