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Territorial Stigmatisation: Urban Renewal and Displacement in a Central Istanbul Neighbourhood
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Abstract In Tarlabasi, an Istanbul neighbourhood facing massive redevelopment and displacement, marginalised residents speak about belonging, stigma, and what their community means to them. Based on a long-term ethnographic study that includes interviews, photographs, and archival research, Constanze Letsch ... view more
In Tarlabasi, an Istanbul neighbourhood facing massive redevelopment and displacement, marginalised residents speak about belonging, stigma, and what their community means to them. Based on a long-term ethnographic study that includes interviews, photographs, and archival research, Constanze Letsch examines how territorial stigmatisation is weaponised by the state and how differently stigmatised groups try to fight against the vilification of their neighbourhood. The contested plans of urban renewal threaten not only their homes and workplaces but a rapidly vanishing Istanbul: socio-demographic interdependencies and networks that have developed over decades.... view less
Keywords
Turkey; ethnography; urban renewal; social inequality; cultural anthropology; urban research
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Sociology of Settlements and Housing, Urban Sociology
Free Keywords
Cities; Istanbul; City; Space; Urban Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
304 p.
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839466889
ISSN
2703-0032
ISBN
978-3-8394-6688-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed