Port Cities As Areas of Transition: Ethnographic Perspectives - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3899429494 ISBN 13: 9783899429497

Casa editrice: Transcript Verlag, 2021

Riassunto

In the past decades, international port cities have been stronglyaff ected by global transformation processes, dramatically alteringlife and work around the ports, the built environment andpublic imagery of urban waterfronts. Based on recent theories ofcity-port development, the ethnographic studies in this volumefocus on local stakeholders perceptions and strategies in portcities in Europe and Latin America. Th is book covers a widevariety of urban fi elds, from traditional dockland communities,inland waterway sailors and new forms of migration and exile,to active agents of urban transformation.

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L'autore:

Waltraud Kokot (PhD) is professor of social anthropology at Hamburg University. Her teaching and research areas include diaspora, urban anthropology, refugee studies, urban poverty and homelessness. She has conducted field research in Thessaloniki, Sofia and Hamburg. Mijal Gandelsman-Trier completed her M.A. in social anthropology at Hamburg University. She is currently a doctoral candidate and lectures social anthropology in Bremen and Hamburg. Her key areas of interest are diaspora, space and place and urban anthropology. Kathrin Wildner (Dr. phil.) is lecturer of social anthropology at Viadrina University (Frankfurt/Oder) and Hamburg University. She is an accomplished researcher of urban anthropology, space and place. She has conducted field work in New York City, Mexico City, Hamburg and Istanbul. Astrid Wonneberger (Dr. phil.) is currently a lecturer of social anthropology at Hamburg University. Her major academic interests include diaspora, ethnicity and urban anthropology. She has completed field research in Western Ireland, New York, Boston and Dublin (Ireland).

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• Editore: Transcript Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• ISBN 10: 3899429494
• ISBN 13: 9783899429497
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 212
• Redattore: Kokot Waltraud, Gandelsman-trier Mijal, Wildner Kathrin, Wonneberger Astrid