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LIBERTOPIA: An Intellectual Stroll in Berlin's Tempelhof Park

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Berlin's Tempelhofer Feld, an old airport turned into a public park, stands as a unique urban space. What it is about this simple and massive open space in the heart of a large city that makes it a near‐utopian formation? This essay attempts to explore the meaning of this sociospatial entity, framing it in terms of a ‘libertopia’, to serve as ...
Asef Bayat
wiley   +1 more source

SPORT‐RELATED GENTRIFICATION: Behind the Spectacle of Settler Colonial Urbanism

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban studies scholars and sociologists of sport have critically examined the production and consumption of world‐class sports spectacles that are constitutive elements of urban growth agendas and broader accumulation processes by dispossession.
Jay Scherer, Rylan Kafara, Jordan Koch
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Ukrainian Refugees and Welfare Deservingness: A Comparative Study of UK Government Discussions Around the 2022 Ukraine Conflict and 2015 Migrant Crisis

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent years witnessed mass migration towards Europe, from Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the 2015 Migrant Crisis linked to war in Syria. This article explores UK government discussion around these two significant crises, focussing on the challenges they present and the portrayal of refugees.
Joshua Garland, Juhyun Lee
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The Last of England: Banal Nationalism and Communities of Loss in British Pub Closure Media Narratives

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While pubs have long been celebrated as a quintessential part of British culture, the ongoing and increasingly rapid closure of British pubs has raised concerns about the impacts of their loss on the wider cultural life and identity of the nation.
Robert Deakin, Thomas Thurnell‐Read
wiley   +1 more source

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