Coffee people in Tehran, Glasgow and Amsterdam

Ardekani, Reza Shaker; Rath, Jan

doi:10.1177/1469540517736557

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“…Other dimensions such as cargo bikes as representations of 'Dutchness' and 'whiteness' also emerged from the coding but the references to issues of class and gender are much more pervasive. For instance, in discussing processes of neighbourhood renewal or the rise of new consumption spaces associated with the in-migration of highly educated white middle-class household in former working-class districts, cargo bikes are often listed among other consumption practices that are considered typical of those processes such as yoga studios, speciality coffee-bars and organic grocers (Shaker Ardekani & Rath, 2017). The gentrifying neighbourhood of De Pijp, for instance, is described as a neighbourhood with head scarfs and cargo bikes, roti and quinoa salad, call centres and yoga schools (De Volkskrant 22-5-2015) This entails also the negative connotations associated with processes of place-based displacement associated with gentrification:…”

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Carrying class and gender: Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles of urban middle classes in Dutch inner cities

Boterman

2018

Social & Cultural Geography

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In Dutch inner-cities, like Amsterdam, 'cargo bikes' have become a popular mode of transport for urban families. Remarkably, the cargo bike has become a highly contested object in both public space and public discourse. This paper uses the cargo bike as a lens to discuss the transformations of urban space from the perspective of class and gender. Based on a qualitative content analysis of national newspapers it argues that the cargo bike has become a symbol of the interdependence of specific residential, employment, consumption and mobility practices.Cargo-bike drivers are portrayed as 'yuppies' or 'elitist', related to their class position; and described in terms of specific gender roles: cargo-bike mothers are described as career-focused mothers who are assertive and self-confident, while cargo-bike dads are portrayed as 'soft' yet also emancipated. These labels attest to the different expectations and normativities around being a 'good' mother or father, particularly within the context of urban space. This paper concludes that the cargo bike is a symbol of the way in which middle-class mothers and fathers challenge and negotiate these dominant norms around parenthood, who are thereby remaking the city.Transport de classe et de genre: les vélos cargos en tant que marqueurs symboliques des rôles égalitaires des genres chez les classes moyennes urbaines dans les centres villes néerlandais RÉSUMÉ Dans les centres villes néerlandais, tels qu'Amsterdam, les « vélos cargos » sont devenus un mode de transport populaire pour les familles urbaines. Il est remarquable que le vélo cargo soit devenu un objet très contesté à la fois dans l'espace public et le discours public. Dans cet article, le vélo cargo est utilisé comme grille d'analyse ARTICLE HISTORY

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Carrying class and gender: Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles of urban middle classes in Dutch inner cities

Boterman

2018

Social & Cultural Geography

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“…The type of diversity that is desired, then, should not be understood in terms of ethnic diversity, nor in terms of an overarching identity that benefits different ethnic entrepreneurs. Rather, the diversity prescribed in the policy discourse can be considered, in accordance with De Oliver's (2016) research findings, as a lifestyle amenity that caters to the more expensive cosmopolitan and cultural consumption interests of higher-class residents through which, in Bourdieusian terms, they subjectively define and demarcate their social position (see Shaker Ardekani and Rath, 2017).…”

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The ambiguity of diversity: Management of ethnic and class transitions in a gentrifying local shopping street

2020

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As a malleable concept with a relatively positive resonance, ‘diversity’ proves to be a useful tool to legitimise a range of policy strategies, goals and outcomes. In the Netherlands, the concept has gained a central role in the implementation of social mixing policies targeting so-called problematic neighbourhoods by introducing a better ‘mixed’ or ‘balanced’ population. The discursive celebration of such a mixed neighbourhood, however, often carefully evades the question: ‘A mix of what?’ Closer inspection of policy interventions reveals that the different meanings of diversity are employed to claim urban space for some groups, while excluding others. This is illustrated by a range of micro-management strategies in a shopping street in Amsterdam, Javastraat. Framed as promoting diversity, they form a symbolically loaded strategy to covertly manage ethnic and class transition by targeting the retail landscape. This article explores the (discursive) remaking of the shopping street and the consequences thereof for shopkeepers and local residents.

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“…This distinctive kind of coffee shop has become part of the commercial landscape of many Western cities, such as London, Paris, Amsterdam, among others (Bantman-Masum 2019;Shaker Ardekani, and Rath 2017;Alkon, Kato, and Sbicca 2020). In Lisbon, however, they are a fairly new addition to the market.…”

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Channelling mobilities: migrant-owned businesses as mobility infrastructures

Jung

Buhr

2021

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Migration infrastructures have usually been identified with stable sociomaterial arrangements controlling migration (e.g. airports and detention camps), stressing highly stratified power geometries and hierarchies. Recent debates about arrival infrastructures, however, have highlighted the informal, ephemeral and improvisational character of 'bottom-up' infrastructures. Departing from a widened understanding of infrastructure, this paper looks at migrants' businesses as urban infrastructures assembling various kinds of mobilities. In particular, we address small businesses established by Senegalese migrants in Brazil, and Brazilianowned cafés in Portugal. We approach these businesses as urban infrastructures where different forms of mobilities overlap and interact, exposing various trajectories and scales of circulation. While the businesses in Brazil cater mainly for Senegalese and other migrants' needs (money transfer, ICTs, and job offers), the Brazilian-owned coffee shops in Portugal function as sites of co-working and sociality of tourists, digital nomads, and other urban creatives. Building on ethnographic fieldwork in the cities of São Paulo and Caxias do Sul (Brazil) and in Lisbon (Portugal), this paper makes innovative connections between migration research, mobility studies and urban theory. We discuss the infrastructural production of transnational and local mobilities and how these businesses both result from and facilitate the existence of mobile lifestyles.

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Coffee people in Tehran, Glasgow and Amsterdam

Cited by 22 publications

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Carrying class and gender: Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles of urban middle classes in Dutch inner cities

Carrying class and gender: Cargo bikes as symbolic markers of egalitarian gender roles of urban middle classes in Dutch inner cities

The ambiguity of diversity: Management of ethnic and class transitions in a gentrifying local shopping street

Channelling mobilities: migrant-owned businesses as mobility infrastructures

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