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From Commonplace Diversity to Relational Hybridization: Everyday Interculturalism in Rome's Banglatown

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores the social transformation of Rome's Banglatown, located in the Torpignattara neighbourhood, as a case of everyday interculturalism. Through ethnographic fieldwork with the Bangladeshi diaspora, it examines how diversity is lived, negotiated and reconfigured in the spaces of daily interaction.
Andrea Pelliccia
wiley   +1 more source

Egalitarians despite themselves: envy and leadership in Ecuadorian Amazonia Égalitaires malgré eux : envie et leadership en Amazonie équatorienne

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 28-48, March 2026.
The Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia once pursued eminence through warfare and vision quests. While vision quests have been retained, today – settled in villages – they seek eminence through economic success and political leadership. This article examines an apparent paradox: whilst envy suspicions pervade public life, they legitimize rather than level ...
Natalia Buitron, Grégory Deshoullière
wiley   +1 more source

The McKinleys of Punch: Politics and the Press in Melbourne, 1870s to 1920s

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 35-68, March 2026.
This article re‐examines the Melbourne Punch (1855–1925; known simply as Punch from 1900) as a political weapon in the cut‐and‐thrust of Victorian, local, and national politics, in the hands of its longest‐serving, but least‐known proprietor, Alexander McKinley (1848–1927).
Richard Scully
wiley   +1 more source

Salvage Stories, Preserving Narratives, and Museum Ships

open access: yesMuseum & Society, 2013
Preserved ships and other vessels are associated with a historiography, in Europe at least, which is still marked by parochialism, antiquarianism, and celebratory narrative.
Andrew Sawyer
doaj  

Localism, Self-Interest, and the Tyranny of the Favored Quarter: Addressing the Barriers to New Regionalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This article argues that our nation\u27s ideological commitment to decentralized local governance has helped to create the phenomenon of the favored quarter.
Cashin, Sheryll
core   +1 more source

The City as an Anti‐Growth Machine

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Logan and Molotch's “urban growth machine” remains foundational in urban theory, describing how coalitions of landowners, developers, and politicians promote urban growth to raise land values. This paper argues that under financialized capitalism, the dynamics have inverted: asset appreciation now outweighs productive investment, and urban ...
Petter Törnberg
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunity knocks for the new breed of Enterpise Zones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Enterprise Zones were first introduced in the U.K. in 1980 and their influence, and the distortion they create in local property markets, is well recognised and long?lived. There is a wealth of literature both from the U.K. and U.S.A.
Greenhalgh, Paul
core  

Worlding geographies: A question of languages

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract This intervention responds to the ‘Geography in the World’ series, addressing the question from two angles. Firstly, it shifts the focus from geography in the world to worlding geographies. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari's concept of ‘becoming‐minority’, it encourages reflection on the current geography of knowledge production as a historical,
Anne‐Laure Amilhat Szary   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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