Manufacturing marginality. (Un-)governing the night in Berlin

Füller, Henning; Helbrecht, Ilse; Schlüter, Sebastian; Mackrodt, Ulrike; Ruppe, Peter van Gielle; Genz, Carolin; Walthall, Beatrice; Dirksmeier, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.05.022

Cited by 8 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 38 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For city councils in the global North, nightlife is associated with cosmopolitan, bohemian city life, seen as a contributor to cities’ attractiveness and even as a source of economic growth (Füller et al, 2018; Hae, 2011a). But it is also seen as a source of crime and trouble, as clubs are perceived as hubs for selling, buying and using of drugs and are held responsible for noise and disorder (Talbot and Böse, 2007).…”

Section: How Regulation Leads To Social Inequalities In Nightlifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, governmental bodies enable and legitimise certain other music genres, through associations with cultural prestige, aligning with white middle-class tastes. In cities like Berlin and Amsterdam, electronic dance music is actively promoted by the municipality as local music scenes are perceived as a vehicle for economic growth, especially when they attract tourists (Dorst, 2015; Füller et al, 2018; London Assembly, 2018).…”

Section: How Regulation Leads To Social Inequalities In Nightlifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first is government-led regulation. There is a substantial body of research that focuses on how (local) governmental bodies regulate nightlife through licensing, zoning laws, urban regeneration, and nightlife districts (Chatterton and Hollands, 2003;Eder and Öz, 2015;Füller et al, 2018;Hae, 2011aHae, , 2011bMarsh, 2006;Talbot, 2004). As these processes sanitise urban space, too often working-class, racialised and/or queer clubbers find their nocturnal hangouts of choice are disproportionally affected (Buckland, 2002;Chatterton and Hollands, 2003;Hae, 2011aHae, , 2011b.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second is the urbanist approach. Here, the analytical focus is typically policy, urban regeneration and protest to explore how the city at night is shaped by political debates over the quality of life and the struggle over urban rights (Eldridge and Roberts, 2008; Füller et al, 2018; Hae, 2011a, 2011b; Liempt and Aalst, 2015; Luckman, 2000; Marsh, 2006; Talbot and Böse, 2007). To explain social inequalities in nightlife, these two approaches focus on regulation: the practices seeking to structure nightlife, often directed at ensuring safety, reducing noise and disorder and minimising health risks (Luckman, 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Beyond door policies: Cultural production as a form of spatial regulation in Amsterdam nightclubs

Koren

2023

European Journal of Cultural Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Understanding regulation is key to identifying and understanding the mechanisms and patterns that (re)produce social inequalities in nightclub production. Roughly speaking, researchers have focused on two forms of regulation: governmental regulation and club-led regulation. First, city councils regulate nightlife through licensing, zoning laws, nightlife districts and urban redevelopment. Second, clubs have their own incentives to regulate spaces of consumption: to ensure safety, to increase middle-class audiences’ spending power and to attract audiences with high subcultural capital. Research in this vein has so far mainly focused on door policies. However, in analysing club-led regulation, a more nuanced, intricate understanding of cultural production is key. Using David Hesmondhalgh’s cultural industries framework, this research argues that existing work on regulation presupposes pre-existing demand, neglecting that nightclubs also actively create demand. First, it highlights that clubs employ other, less visible but nonetheless exclusionary, production practices that are in effect before audiences even reach the door: hiring external organisations, genre-based formatting, locational strategies and guest lists. Second, it decentralises the role of door policies. Understood in relation to other nightclub cultural production practices, door policy research does not account for nightclubs’ assessments of door policies, venues’ financial precarity, social networks and the need to constantly attract new audiences. By doing so, I examine the workings of power in urban cultural economies by understanding cultural production as a form of spatial regulation. The research is based on 29 interviews with 36 Amsterdam-based nightlife promoters and 111 hours of short-term ethnographies in clubs and at industry events.

show abstract

Section: How Regulation Leads To Social Inequalities In Nightlifementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Regulation Leads To Social Inequalities In Nightlifementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Beyond door policies: Cultural production as a form of spatial regulation in Amsterdam nightclubs

Koren

2023

European Journal of Cultural Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…All this has led to a process in which certain parts of the city, streets became no-go zones where the use of alcohol, drugs and anti-social behavior, police interventions became general. In the case of Berlin, the increasingly popular night-time economy causes significant conflicts in the otherwise developing downtown areas due to the excessive alcohol consumption, noise and further negative impacts (Füller et al 2018).…”

Section: Night-time Economymentioning

confidence: 99%