Organisers: Mike Savage and Loïc Wacquant
The city remains the site of entrenched social and cultural divisions, which take new and acute forms in polarising urban environments. Although the economic dimensions of these are relatively well researched, they also involve a key symbolic and moral dimension, which will be the focus of this workshop. This workshop will explore the role of field analysis in developing conceptual tools for analysing urban inequality; reflect on the role of cultural capital and symbolic violence in urban space, and contribute to our understanding of the spatialisation of urban inequality
The event will comprise two linked sections. On the first day, leading scholars from across the world will be invited to give papers as part of the preparation of a special issue of a leading urban journal. For the workshop on the second day, there will be an open call for papers from any researcher wishing to contribute a paper on any of the themes listed here. Discussants and chairs will be arranged from amongst the speakers on the seminar on the first day.
Venue: The Tree House, Berrick Saul Building, University of York
09.00–09.30 - Registration
09.30–11.00 - Morning 1: Territorial segregation and seclusion and the spatialization of inequality in the city
Mike Savage
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11.00-11.30 - Refreshments
11.30-13.00 - Morning 2: Urban migration, ethnicity and precarity
Discussant: LoïcWacquant, University of Berkeley
13.00-14.00 – Lunch
14.00-15.30 - Afternoon 1: urban policy and the remaking of city space
Michael Keith
15.30-16.00 - Refreshments
16.00-17.30 - Afternoon 2: Symbolic domination, cultural capital and the urban middle classes
Tim Butler
17.45:Loïc Wacquant, University of California-Berkeley and CESSP-Paris- Taking Pierre Bourdieu to Town: Pertinence, Principles and Applications, Vanburgh College, V/045
Venue: Bowland Theatre, Berrick Saul Building
08.30-09.00 – Registration
09.00-10.30 – Session 1: Privilege and Power
Cody Trojan , University of California, A foreclosure crisis or a crisis of homeownership? Symbolic capital and the reproduction of racial privilege
Michaela Benson and Gary Bridge , University of Bristol, The middle classes and the cultural politics of local housing markets
Sonia Bookman , University of Manitoba, Urban brands, culture and social division: creativity, tension, and differentiation among middle class consumers
Discussant: Mike Savage , University of York
10.30-11.00 - Refreshments
11.00-13.00 – Session 2 : Urban Deprivation
Insa Koch , University of Oxford, The politics of law and order: Violence on a marginalised urban council estate
Luna Glucksberg , Goldsmiths University, ‘We was regenerated out!’ Recycling, regeneration and symbolic devaluation on the estates of South-East London
Lisa Mckenzie , University of Nottingham, Valued and de-valued working Class Identity in the UK Bob Jeffery , Sheffield Hallam University, They're all fucking top houses, but try and get me one': Gentrification, hysteresis and urban inequality
Discussant: Loïc Wacquant , University of Berkeley
13.00-13.45 - Lunch
13.45-14.45 – Session 3 : Methods
Michael McQuarrie , University of California, The rise and fall of community in urban governance: From politics to civic monoculture
Jørn Ljunggren and Patrick Lie Andersen , University of Oslo, Social, economic and cultural divisions in Norwegian cities: Neighbourhood segregation in the period 1970-2006
Discussant: Annick Prieur , University of Aalborg
14.45-15.00 - Refreshments
15.00-17.00 – Session 4 : Urban Policy
Ian Cummins , Salford University, Policing, mental illness and the penal state
Yosha Wijngaarden , VU University Amsterdam, Urban deprivation and territorial stigmatization: The perils of the neighbourhood policy
Marcus Willcocks , St. Martins College, Graffiti and the “commons” of the city: Can informal practice nudge us towards more valued and more creative shared environments?
Discussant: Sylvie Tissot , Center for Urban Sociology, Paris
16.30 -17. 00 – Round up and Close
A few places are available to attend to seminar on the 31st of May and these will be handed out on a first-come-first served bases. The workshop on the 1st of June is open for everyone to attend.
If you would like to submit a paper for the seminar/workshop please complete the form below.
Please return this form to: Josine Opmeer, Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, YORK, YO10 5DD, josine.opmeer@york.ac.uk