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Slow Infrastructural Violence: The Lived Experiences of Urban Essential Workers

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine how non‐healthcare urban essential workers constitute a vital yet undervalued social infrastructure that enables everyday life in Switzerland. Drawing on 37 (walking) interviews, the study foregrounds the lived realities of those whose reproductive labour sustains the city while remaining largely invisible.
Carole Ammann, Sarah Schilliger
wiley   +1 more source

The Affective Afterlife of the “Smelly Immigrant” Trope: Contested Scents, “Race,” and Olfactory Contact Zones in Berlin

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
wiley   +1 more source

Hip Hop as Linguistic and Sensory Contact Zones: Sounds and Rhythms of Vietnamese Rap and Dance in Munich and Hanoi

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, I draw on multi‐sited and remote ethnography in the cities of Munich in Germany and Hanoi in Vietnam to analyze how young hip hop artists transform cities as sensory contact zones through rap and dance. I show how young Vietnamese‐Germans amplify sensory contact zones in the diasporic city of Munich through the sounds, visuals,
Sandra Kurfürst
wiley   +1 more source

Time Preference in Decisions With Recurring Payoffs

open access: yesJournal of Behavioral Decision Making, Volume 39, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Time preference plays a central role in decision‐making, shaping how individuals value outcomes that occur at different points in time. While most research on time preference focuses on one‐off payoffs, many real‐world decisions generate recurring consequences that unfold continuously over time.
Pelin Gülüm   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making a Home for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Soc Psychiatry
Patmisari E   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Methodological framework for three-way statistical analysis of cost of living and quality of life indices: a case study in the American continent. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Cascante-Yarlequé R   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Where We Can Breathe Together’: Home Perceptions and Coping Strategies of Divorced Mothers Evacuated in Wartime

open access: yesStress and Health, Volume 42, Issue 5, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The literature has extensively examined the outcomes of forced displacement worldwide. However, relatively few studies have explored its effect on divorced mothers. This qualitative longitudinal study examined the coping and home perceptions of 25 divorced mothers evacuated during the Israel‐Gaza war (2023–2025).
Rinat Avziz, Tal Litvak‐Hirsch
wiley   +1 more source

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