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Being together: everyday geographies and the quiet politics of belonging
A number of inter-related issues since the turn of the 21st century have resonated through domestic and foreign policies across the world: ongoing violences and the war on/of terror, various urban âracial disturbancesâ, economic austerity and an increasing hostility to immigrants across Europe. In the UK, this has resulted in both more repressive policies on immigration, and the acceleration of efforts to bring different communities together (Askins and Pain 2011). Among the latter, âcommunity cohesionâ has become a central theme for social policy, outlined as the attempt to build communities with a âcommon vision and a sense of belongingâ, in which diversity is valued, there are similar life opportunities for all, and positive relationships between people from different backgrounds within neighbourhoods (DCLG 2007). Given that this era is dominated by increasingly diverse migration (ONS 2013), heterogeneity and intercultural encounter is arguably more routine, raising speculation as to whether better appreciation and understanding of difference can move us towards a more âcosmospolitanâ society (eg. Simonsen 2008; Valentine 2008). However, such âsuperdiversityâ also has the potential to increase conflict between selves/others, namely, in the UK, between majority white and minority and migrant communities of colour. Back (2007) argues that âthe immigration lineâ has replaced âthe color lineâ as humanityâs key challenge in the 21st century
(Re)negotiations:towards a transformative geopolitics of fear and otherness
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Sustainable Waste Management Project: Newcastle City Council Recycling Centres
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Sustainable Waste Management Project: Home composting promotion in Newcastle
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COP15 and beyond: Politics, protest and climate justice
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Sustainable Waste Management Project: Haverton Hill Furniture Reuse Scheme
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Us and us: agonism, non-violence and the relational spaces of civic activism
This paper is a brief reflection on our involvement with the Civic Geographies exhibition and session at the 2012 RGS-IBG conference, and what this has to say to conceiving âcivic geographiesâ. Our contribution to the exhibition comprised a âPEACE CAMP THOUGHT TREEâ, specifically linked to an âacademic seminar blockadeâ (ASB) we were convening the following day at Faslane Peace Camp (see http://www.faslane365.org/faslane_peace_camp), in northwest Scotland
Fuller geographies and the care-ful co-production of transgressive pedagogies, or 'Who Cares?'
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