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  2. 1. The Making of Us : How affects shape collective bodies resisting gentrification

    Author : Maíra Magalhães Lopes; Jacob Östberg; Joel Hietanen; Robin Canniford; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collective bodies; multiplicities; packs; crowds; gentrification; affect; spatial injustice; wider consumption ideology; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how we can think of collective bodies as amalgamations of interplaying affects (i.e., multiplicities), rather than compositions of individuals. Using ethnography as my main method, I study urban activism collectives resisting gentrification in the city center of São Paulo, Brazil. READ MORE

  4. 2. Gendered journalism cultures : strategies and tactics in the fields of journalism in Britain and Sweden

    Author : Margareta Melin; Madeleine Kleberg; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Journalism culture; gendered; feminism; Bourdieu; Social field; Doxa; strategies; tactics; women journalists; feminisation; gentrification; education; gendered logic; Journalism culture; gendered; feminism; Bourdieu; social field; doxa; strategies; tactics; women journalist; feminisation; gentrification; education; gendered logic;

    Abstract : Avhandlingens syfte är att förstå journalistik genom att undersöka brittiska och svenska journalistikkulturer mellan 1989 och 2002. Fokus är lagt på om/skapandet av värdesystem och på maktkampers könade karaktär. READ MORE

  5. 3. Solidarity in Diversity : Activism as a Pathway of Migrant Emplacement in Malmö

    Author : Christina Hansen; Bridget Anderson; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : Activism; Solidarity; Pro-asylum; Migrant emplacement; Gentrification; Malmö; Möllevången;

    Abstract : Written at the intersection of migration studies, urban studies, and research on activism, this thesis contributes to the exploration of solidarities born on the ground in an urban context marked by immigration and economic restructuring. Based on ethnographic material collected 2013­–2016 in Malmö, Sweden, it examines alliances and friendships generated across social, cultural, ethnic, and legal divides through a particular political practice—activism as carried out by the extra-parliamentarian left. READ MORE

  6. 4. Rural migration in Sweden : a new green wave or a blue ripple?

    Author : Susanne Hjort; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rural; migration; gentrification; middle class; Sweden; reflexivity; quantitative methods; Human geography; economic geography; Kulturgeografi; ekonomisk geografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

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  7. 5. Comeback Detroit : The return of whites and wealth to a Black city

    Author : Simon Johansson; Johan Lindqvist; Andrew Newman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Detroit; Comeback; Urban Change; Gentrification; Race; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Abstract : Since the 1950s, the city of Detroit has declined in terms of demography and economic prosperity.  Once among the wealthiest and largest cities of America, Detroit now continually ranks as one of nations poorest, Blackest and most abandoned urban areas. READ MORE