Everyday spaces of inter-ethnic interaction: the meaning of urban public spaces in the Netherlands

Peters, Karin; Haan, H.J. de

doi:10.1080/14927713.2011.567065

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“…Many scholars emphasise that shopping in immigrant grocery stores has become an everyday routine (Everts, 2008), or at least something that contributes to improving the majority population's handling of cultural diversity and multiculturalism (Yildiz, 2013;Peters and de Haan, 2011). However, going to the immigrant supermarket does not automatically lead to more tolerance and openness.…”

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“…They bring together people into a public arena who might otherwise remain apart. Also concerned with questions of integration, Peters and de Haan (2011) examine how interethnic encounters in public spaces and immigrant shops in the Netherlands contribute to a higher degree of acceptance of multiculturalism and ethno-cultural diversity.…”

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Deliciously Exotic? Immigrant Grocery Shops and Their Non-Migrant Clientele

Parzer¹,

Astleithner²,

Rieder³

2016

International Review of Social Research

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This paper examines native consumption practices in immigrant grocery stores. Drawing on qualitative research on immigrant food retail in Vienna, we reveal how native Austrians use immigrant grocery shops, how they purchase products and which meanings they attribute to the act of shopping. We identified two different modes of shopping: While consuming for convenience is driven by aspects of practicability, consuming for exceptionality is related to the attraction of 'the foreign'. This typology corresponds with two special types of consumers: The 'Because'-consumers use immigrant shops mainly because of the ethnicity associated with the shops, the owners and their staff. The 'Nevertheless'-consumers use these shops in spite of the entrepreneurs' (imagined) ethnic origin and their migrant background. While 'Because'-consumers run the risk of reproducing ethnic stereotypes, the 'Nevertheless'-consumers may tend to retain or even strengthen their xenophobic resentments. These results partly challenge previous findings which argue that natives' shopping routines in immigrant stores have become increasingly ordinary. We conclude by suggesting further research to examine the conditions under which an everyday engagement with foreign culture is promoted -without falling into the trap of reproducing symbolic boundaries between the majority and the minority.

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Section: Immigrant Entrepreneurs' Native Customersmentioning

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Deliciously Exotic? Immigrant Grocery Shops and Their Non-Migrant Clientele

Parzer¹,

Astleithner²,

Rieder³

2016

International Review of Social Research

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“…In other words, certain social groups tend to concentrate in different spaces with the members of a similar or the same group. The effect of spatial segregation has a major influence on person's life and on the participation in the society in social and economical terms, which is particularly manifest in the public space [7]. For example the public space in the city centre and in the suburbs can be used by different social groups, because the nearby residential space is inhabited by different people.…”

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Geographical perspective in city sensing

Mooses

2013

Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Adjunct Publication

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In city sensing there are many methods for capturing people's movements and city crowdedness. Each method has advantages and disadvantages. This paper argues that geographical phenomenon like spatial segregation can have a major influence on the results in fixed sensing therefore a structured location choice is needed. Mobile positioning as a new technology data collection method opens up great possibilities in city sensing.

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“…In this regard, the quality of public spaces is crucial: safe, comfortable, welcoming places with many facilities are more att ractive for diff erent groups of the residents (Myerson, D.L. 2001;Putnam, R. 2007;Peters, K. and de Haan, H. 2011).…”

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“…With these experiences, the social production of public spaces in diverse urban societies is an important element of social cohesion -they can generate awareness and acceptance of otherness and multiculturalism (Forrest, R. and Kearns, A. 2001;Peters, K. and de Haan, H. 2011;Boschman, S. 2012;Wiesemann, L. 2012). In this regard, the quality of public spaces is crucial: safe, comfortable, welcoming places with many facilities are more att ractive for diff erent groups of the residents (Myerson, D.L.…”

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Urban diversity and the production of public space in Budapest

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Public spaces are spaces for representation of individuals, social groups, ideologies, values, cultures. At the same time, public spaces are commodifi ed and "disneyfi ed" in capitalism, thus, the creation of a homogeneous, "desirable" spatial form and use of public space is often intended. Therefore, their production is characterised by constant rivalries and struggles and causes social confl icts. In addition, the production of public spaces in post-socialism has distinct development paths which is often characterised by contradicting traditions and objectives regarding the spatial form and the everyday practices taking place there. These contradictions create confl icts between various individuals, social groups, actors of urban policies etc. The aim of the paper is to investigate how urban social diversity is (re)presented in the public spaces of the 8 th district of Budapest, Józsefváros. Which groups and values are more visible than others? How do local people use public spaces? The research is based on the content analysis of policy documents and interviews conducted with local residents of Józsefváros -one of the most diverse districts of Budapest. According to our results, the fragmented nature of the local society is refl ected in the use of public space: diversity is present between the public spaces and not within them. Furthermore, some of the recent developments support the homogenisation of values and behaviours in public spaces.

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Everyday spaces of inter-ethnic interaction: the meaning of urban public spaces in the Netherlands

Cited by 45 publications

References 33 publications

Deliciously Exotic? Immigrant Grocery Shops and Their Non-Migrant Clientele

Deliciously Exotic? Immigrant Grocery Shops and Their Non-Migrant Clientele

Geographical perspective in city sensing

Urban diversity and the production of public space in Budapest

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