A dwelling lens: migration, diversity and boundary-making in an Istanbul neighbourhood

Biehl Öztuzcu, Kristen (2020) A dwelling lens: migration, diversity and boundary-making in an Istanbul neighbourhood. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43 (12). pp. 2236-2254. ISSN 0141-9870 (Print) 1466-4356 (Online)

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Abstract

In recent decades research on migration has taken a “diversity turn”, which focuses on exploring new complexities of social differentiation, people’s competences for getting along in everyday life despite growing differences, and the role of space in shaping these encounters. Recent scholarship, however, has also questioned some of its limits and oversights, particularly around how differences and space are studied and conceived. This article centres on an examination of boundary-making processes and proposes a “dwelling lens” for constructively engaging with these different critiques. It builds on in-depth ethnographic accounts of housing discourses in Istanbul’s Kumkapı neighbourhood, a place deeply impacted by migration driven population changes. In exploring what differences matter today in housing access and why, the article examines how dwelling, as both method and concept, contributes to a better understanding of the social and spatial impacts and dynamism of migration driven diversity in the contemporary city.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: boundary-making; dwelling; housing; migration; Super-diversity; Turkey
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Gender and Women's Studies Research and Application Center
Depositing User: Kristen Biehl Öztuzcu
Date Deposited: 01 Oct 2022 23:03
Last Modified: 01 Oct 2022 23:03
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/44825

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