Urban planning process and discourses in the refusal of Islamic Schools in Sydney, Australia

Bugg, Laura Beth; Gurran, Nicole

doi:10.1080/07293682.2011.593531

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“…The location of minority religious groups in these areas has frequently posed challenges for planners charged with the fair distribution of public space in an environment of competing demands (e.g. Al-Natour 2010; Bugg & Gurran 2011;Dunn 2001). Although there has been significant opposition to the establishment of minority religious facilities in Australia, there are few direct guidelines for local governments in NSW with regard to planning for places of worship or minority religious facilities.…”

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“…Increasingly, however, tensions around minority religious sites in Australia, the USA and Europe have occurred in the 'ruralÁurban' or 'peri-urban' fringe (Allievi 2010;Blatt 2010;Bugg & Gurran 2011;Echegaray 2010;Emanuel 2010). In Australia, contestations have occurred within the last 5 years around proposed Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist and Mandaean religious facilities in ruralÁurban fringe areas of Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.…”

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Religion on the Fringe: the representation of space and minority religious facilities in the rural–urban fringe of metropolitan Sydney, Australia

Bugg

2012

Australian Geographer

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This article examines land-use development applications for minority religious facilities in two local government areas on the ruralÁurban fringe of metropolitan Sydney, Australia. Using critical discourse analysis and underpinned by Lefebvre's (1991) conceptual triad of space, the work interrogates the way in which place identity is generated and codified both by land-use planners and local residents through spatial representation. This representation is revealed in discourses around the compatibility of minority religious facilities for particular zones, lack of a sufficient minority population and social disruption. These discourses reveal a construction of periurban space that is aligned with particular elite Anglo-Australian activities (horse riding and gentleman farms) and land uses (rural residential, small-scale agriculture and the 'bush-church'). These case studies illustrate the potential for the creation of exclusionary, abstract space by urban planners but also the ways in which local residents use discoursive strategies to ensure the stability of their position as elites in rapidly changing spatial situations.

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Religion on the Fringe: the representation of space and minority religious facilities in the rural–urban fringe of metropolitan Sydney, Australia

Bugg

2012

Australian Geographer

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“…There is an existing rich body of academic literature which highlights that opposition to proposed mosques, prayer centres and Islamic schools is common in regional and rural areas throughout Australia (Al-Natour 2010; Bouma 1997Bouma , 2011Bugg and Gurran 2011;Dunn 1999Dunn , 2001Dunn , 2004Dunn et al 2004;Dunn et al 2009;Gulson and Webb 2012;Humphrey 1987Humphrey , 1989aHumphrey , 1989bHumphrey , 1990Jones and Kenny 2007;Kabir 2005Kabir , 2007Poynting et al 2004;Woodlock 2011). There is a general consensus among these studies that Muslims (and some circumstances, specifically Arab people) are demonised and deemed to threaten the social fabric of a white Judaeo-Christian Australia.…”

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The constructions of Sydney’s ‘Muslim ghettoes’

Al-Natour

2014

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“…Australian multicultural policy asserts the right of all citizens to maintain and practice their religion [Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) ]. However, there are frequent conflicts around development applications for minority places of worship and schools (Bugg and Gurran ; Dunn ). Increasingly, these tensions take place in the rural–urban fringe of Australia's metropolitan areas, a trend that mirrors North America and Europe (for example, Allievi ; Echegaray ).…”

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Citizenship and Belonging in the Rural Fringe: A Case Study of a Hindu Temple in Sydney, Australia

Bugg

2013

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Despite Australian multicultural policy that asserts the right of all citizens to maintain and practice their religion, formal citizenship has not guaranteed the welcome or belonging of migrant religious groups at the neighbourhood scale. This is most starkly reflected in contests over the inclusion of minority religious spaces in the Australian landscape, which increasingly take place in the rural-urban fringe of metropolitan areas. This work examines the controversy over a proposed Hindu temple in metropolitan Sydney and reveals insights into the way that rural-urban fringe space is imagined, understood and experienced by land use planners, residents and temple members. Critical discourse analysis of policy documentation along with interviews reveals that land use planners circumscribe belonging in the landscape through the use of zoning ordinances and design controls, local residents mark the boundaries of white privilege through narratives of heritage and cultural difference and temple members claim rights to citizenship based on assertions of sameness.

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Urban planning process and discourses in the refusal of Islamic Schools in Sydney, Australia

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

Religion on the Fringe: the representation of space and minority religious facilities in the rural–urban fringe of metropolitan Sydney, Australia

Religion on the Fringe: the representation of space and minority religious facilities in the rural–urban fringe of metropolitan Sydney, Australia

The constructions of Sydney’s ‘Muslim ghettoes’

Citizenship and Belonging in the Rural Fringe: A Case Study of a Hindu Temple in Sydney, Australia

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