Spaces of Difference (eBook)

Book Cover 1
Table of Contents 5
Spaces of Difference: Conflict and Cohabitation (Ursula Lehmkuhl) 7
Introduction 7
Space/Place 9
Mediation/Translation 10
Modes of Social Action: Politics, Practices and Narratives of Diversity 10
Entangled and Hidden Histories 13
Border Crossings and Transcultural Spaces 15
Becoming and Belonging 17
Dynamics of Confrontation and Cohabitation 18
References 20
Diversités controversées : Concepts,imaginaires et représentations au Canadaau début du 20e siècle (Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink) 27
Le contexte socio-historique: les débats autour du Règlement 17 en Ontario (1912–1927) 27
Logiques et sémantiques d’un contre-discours 32
Fictionnalisations d’une pensée de la diversité: le roman Polly Masson (1919) de William Henry Moore 37
« Conflit de races » et conception plurielle de la nation 42
Bibliographie 44
Diversity: A Late 20th Century Genealogy (Laurence McFalls) 47
Introduction 47
Culture as Diversity 48
Diversity, Vulnerability, and Post-liberal Governmentality 52
References 57
A Geography of Blood: Uncovering the Hidden Histories of Metis People in Canada (Carolyn Podruchny and Jesse Thistle) 61
Introduction 61
Historiography and Colonization in Canada 62
Finding Space In Between 64
Occupying Space and Creating Place: A Bloody Process 67
Reclaiming Morrissette Family History 68
Conclusion 75
References 75
Source Material 78
The Everyday Experience(s) of Space: First generation Algerian Immigrant Women in Paris (Rebecca Ferrari) 83
Introduction 83
Spatial Practices – The Creation of Exterior and Interior Places 86
Showcasing Wealth and Cleanliness 89
Spatial Norms and Rules 92
Creating and Sharing Common (Female) Spaces 93
« Non-lieux » as Comfortable Public Places 94
Associations as In-between Spaces 95
Conclusion 98
References 99
Biography en route: Investigating Mobility. Experiences through Biographical Research (Xymena Wieczorek) 101
Introduction 102
Studying Mobile Biographies 103
Operationalizing Mobility through Biography 106
The Mobility of Francis: “Yeah, yeah, we don’t stay in one place” 107
Interpreting Mobility through Biography 116
Conclusion 119
References 120
Beyond the Political Opportunity Structure Approach: Studying Agency through the “Local Realm of Immigration” (M. Teresa Cappiali) 125
Introduction 126
Strengths and Limitations of the Political Opportunity Structure Approach in Explaining Participation 126
Expanding the Political Arena beyond the State: The Role of Multiple Actors and the Concept of Space 129
The Literature on Integration and the Role of Approaches to Integration for Participation 131
The Local Turn in Immigration Studies 134
Studying Civic and Political Participation as a Continuum 137
The “Local Realm of Immigration”: An Agency Approach 145
References 147
“La loi du Camembert” as an Issue of Federalism: Reconciling Liberalism and Protectionism in Quebec (Sophie Schram) 155
Introduction 156
A Theory of National Boundaries and Cultural Repertoires 158
National Development: A Tale of Two Incommensurate Discourses 160
Federalism: A Repertoire Reconciling Liberalism and Protectionism 168
Conclusion: Resolving the Conundrum 174
Annex 175
References 176
Source Material 178
Nationhood as a Context for Staging Personas: A Sociological Narrative of Montreal and Brussels (Dave Poitras) 181
Introduction 181
Nationhood as a Context for Staging Personas 184
The Appointed Frame-limits of the Work Environments 191
Jeroen’s and Mathieu’s Motives 192
The Dynamic of the Staging Phenomenon with Regard to Nationhood 195
Conclusion 197
References 198
Source Material 199
Border Policies: From Denizens to Legal Ghosts (Chowra Makaremi) 203
Introduction 203
Waiting Zones for People in Proceedings 205
New Borders: Reticular, Thick and Liquid 206
Networks of Confinement 207
The Border Effect of Detention 209
Legal Apparatuses of Exclusion 211
Precarious Lives 212
Violence and the Law 213
References 214
La mobilisation des différences minoritaires: des dynamiques conflictuelles au-delà de l’ethnicitéen France et en Allemagne (Nikola Tietze) 217
Introduction 218
La construction d’une appartenance et la mobilisation des différences minoritaires 221
De la résilience à la capacité critique 224
En guise de conclusion: des dynamiques conflictuelles au-delà de l’ethnicité 226
Bibliographie 230
Situated Cosmopolitanisms in Contemporary Indigenous Art Productions in Canada (Heike Härting) 231
Introduction 231
Indigenizing Cosmopolitan Thinking 233
Global Indigenous Art and Cosmopolitan Aesthetics: Jackson 2bears, Kent Monkman, and Rebecca Belmore 239
References 250
Notes on Contributors 253