Dijkema, Claske (2021). What is urban about urban violence in France? Violence in marginalised neighbourhoods as body politics Lo Squaderno Explorations in Space and Society(59), pp. 17-20. Lo Squaderno
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In France, urban violence is associated with juvenile violence that concerns certain marginalised spaces of the city and certain, specifically racialised, inhabitants.1 In comparison to British and American contexts, the term is used mostly to address anti-institutional violence: what is called violences urbaines in France corresponds to ‘race riots’ on the other side of the Atlantic. The term ‘urban’ violence is problematic for three reasons. First, it is used as a euphemism for a racialised representation of juvenile violence. Second, the seemingly neutral term ‘urban’ underplays the political significance of these forms of violence. Third, the term renders other forms of violence invisible, by symbolically confining violence to certain spaces.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
School of Social Work > Institute for Social and Cultural Diversity School of Social Work |
Name: |
Dijkema, Claske 0000-0001-7967-2691 |
Subjects: |
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
ISSN: |
1973-9141 |
Series: |
Beyond Urban Violence |
Publisher: |
Lo Squaderno |
Funders: |
[UNSPECIFIED] Horizon 2020 MSCA Individual Fellowship |
Projects: |
[UNSPECIFIED] URPEACE |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Claske Dijkema |
Date Deposited: |
31 May 2023 10:14 |
Last Modified: |
31 May 2023 10:14 |
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ARBOR DOI: |
10.24451/arbor.19253 |
URI: |
https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/19253 |
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