Mobilizing memory: collective memory schemas and the social boundaries of Jews in Toronto

Harold, Joshua; Fong, Eric

doi:10.1080/01419870.2017.1344719

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“…A history of victimization can encourage what Bar‐Tal and Antebi () call a “siege mentality,” whereby the behavior of one group is shaped by the belief that others have negative intentions. The residential clustering of Jews near to mnemonic institutions and other Jews provides not only a sense of existential security from discrimination, but also a sense of belonging by mitigating feelings of being an outsider (Harold and Fong ). Future studies should explore how different levels of negative experience in collective memory are related to the residential patterns of other ethnic and religious minorities within and outside Canada.…”

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Mnemonic Institutions and Residential Clustering: Jewish Residential Patterns in Toronto

Harold

Fong

2018

Canadian Review of Sociology

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In this paper, we envisage how the sociohistorical experiences of groups are related to their residential patterns. We posit that the residential clustering of a group can be strongly related to the group's mnemonic institutions, which are organizational symbols of collective identity that link the present to the past. We present the case of Jewish residential clustering patterns in Toronto to demonstrate our arguments. We employ 2001 Canadian Census tract-level data to show Jewish residential clustering patterns in relation to the presence of a synagogue or Jewish community center, the mnemonic institutions of Jews.

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Mnemonic Institutions and Residential Clustering: Jewish Residential Patterns in Toronto

Harold

Fong

2018

Canadian Review of Sociology

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“…For this reason, some authors have featured religious venues as prime examples of how place-based segregation is produced. For example, in their study of Jewish communities, Harold and Fong note that synagogues produce local clustering by demanding regular attendance at a specific location, in virtue of being charged with a special symbolic significance capable of generating sustained commitment [ 66 ]. They point out that while this is a particularly pressing matter for orthodox communities, it remains relevant in residential choices for non-orthodox Jews as well, depending on their level of commitment to regular attendance.…”

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Venues and segregation: A revised Schelling model

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Adler³

2021

PLoS ONE

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This paper examines an important but underappreciated mechanism affecting urban segregation and integration: urban venues. The venue- an area where urbanites interact- is an essential aspect of city life that tends to influence residential location. We study the venue/segregation relationship by overlaying venues onto Schelling’s classic (1971) [1] agent-based segregation model. We show that a simulation world with venues makes segregation less likely among relatively tolerant agents and more likely among the intolerant. We also show that multiple venues can create spatial structures beyond their catchment areas and that the initial location of venues shapes later residential patterns. Finally, we demonstrate that the social rules governing venue participation alter their impacts on segregation. In the course of our study, we compile techniques for advancing Schelling-style studies of urban environments and catalogue a set of mechanisms that operate in this environment.

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“…The idea of cultural persistence and its long-term impacts has gained support from several empirical studies (Abbott 2005;Putnam 2007;Nunn 2008;Hiers et al 2017;Acharya et al 2016;Harold and Fong 2017). For example, Nunn (2008) found a negative relationship between the slave trade and current economic development in South America.…”

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“…Acharya et al (2016) studied the impact of slavery on contemporary American political attitudes and found that people living in regions which had more slaves in the past are more likely to be conservative. Recently, using qualitative data, sociologists Harold and Fong (2017) found that historical memory passed on by family members influences where Jewish people in Canada choose to live. Regarding xenophobic attitudes, Hiers et al (2017) found that the relationship between historical political situations and xenophobia is significant in Europe.…”

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History matters: the long-term impact of historical immigrant size on current xenophobia in Japan

Gong

Wang

2021

J. Chin. Sociol.

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Many studies have addressed how current immigrant size affects the strength of xenophobia from the perspectives of intergroup contact and ethnic competition theories. Can native residents’ current xenophobia be explained by historical immigrant size? To explore this question, we use historical immigrant size and a survey dataset to investigate the long-term effects of historical immigrant size on current xenophobia in Japan. The results show that historical immigrant size increases current xenophobia in Japan, which may be due to previous negative contact experiences between immigrants and native residents, and the negative effects persist. The implications of these findings for our understanding of the relationship between immigrant size and xenophobia are discussed.

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Mobilizing memory: collective memory schemas and the social boundaries of Jews in Toronto

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

Mnemonic Institutions and Residential Clustering: Jewish Residential Patterns in Toronto

Mnemonic Institutions and Residential Clustering: Jewish Residential Patterns in Toronto

Venues and segregation: A revised Schelling model

History matters: the long-term impact of historical immigrant size on current xenophobia in Japan

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