2017
DOI: 10.1177/0042098017738960
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Commentary: Urban friendship: Towards an alternative anthropological genealogy

Abstract: This commentary outlines an intellectual genealogy of urban friendship stretching from the 1950s to the present, which influenced my own work on friendship. It begins by tracing this developing theory grounded in a basic contrast between close-knit, segregated networks and loose-knit or widely ramifying networks. Such morphological features define gender roles, friendship cultures and peer-group loyalties. Against the view that urban friendship is restricted to the intimate, private domain, I argue that friend… Show more

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“…Not as a steppingstone to turn urban neighbourhoods into (imagined) villages, where people know each other and, by meeting, form a cohesive community. Instead, urban encounters are increasingly understood as meaningful ends in themselves (see, for example, Bannister and Kearns, 2013; Richaud, 2018; Valentine and Sadgrove, 2013; Werbner, 2017). Urban scholars seek attention for such encounters with concepts such as ‘kindness’ or ‘light-touch interactions’, as these encounters have the potential to breach urban indifference (Brownlie and Anderson, 2017; Hall and Smith, 2015; Thrift, 2005) without the need to build intense affective relations.…”
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“…Not as a steppingstone to turn urban neighbourhoods into (imagined) villages, where people know each other and, by meeting, form a cohesive community. Instead, urban encounters are increasingly understood as meaningful ends in themselves (see, for example, Bannister and Kearns, 2013; Richaud, 2018; Valentine and Sadgrove, 2013; Werbner, 2017). Urban scholars seek attention for such encounters with concepts such as ‘kindness’ or ‘light-touch interactions’, as these encounters have the potential to breach urban indifference (Brownlie and Anderson, 2017; Hall and Smith, 2015; Thrift, 2005) without the need to build intense affective relations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In urban areas, many different kinds of people are brought together. Therefore, urban encounters can be seen as a way to engage with difference and to encounter the richness of the urban experience (see also Bannister and Kearns, 2013;Jacobs, 1961;Richaud, 2018;Valentine and Sadgrove, 2013;Werbner, 2017). Fincher and Iveson (2008: 154) maintain that it is important to work towards conviviality in urban life, where different individuals can work together on shared activities, projects and concerns that do not totally reduce them to fixed identity categories either as citizen or as group member.…”
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“…Second, we contribute a cross-cultural perspective to research in emotions. Last, we highlight the role of communicative affordances of digital media for friendship and migrant experiences, where much of the literature has focused on family relationships (Mascheroni and Vincent, 2016; Werbner, 2018).…”
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“…Encounters therefore fit in a broad conceptualisation of social inclusion, understood as transforming social culture to encompass difference (Simplican et al, 2015). In addition, the concept raises awareness of the intrinsic value of light-touch and fleeting relationships in public space that are part of social life as a citizen (Brownlie & Anderson, 2017;Richaud, 2018;Werbner, 2017). This broadens the scope of relationships that can be fostered between people without intellectual disabilities and people with intellectual disabilities.…”
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