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Editorial
Ayona DattaThe dynamics of globalisation as the increasing interconnectedness between all aspects of social, cultural, economic, and political spaces have seen an unprecedented focus on…
Urban Second Homes: Temporal-Dwelling in London
Karen Lee Bar-SinaiDespite the extensive attention given to second and recreation homes in rural areas, their urban appearance has had only limited examination. This paper focuses on the trend as it…
Asian and Latino Immigrants' Preferences for Walkable Sub-Urban Neighborhoods
Shenglin ChangWhen immigrants arrive in the United States, their search for a new home represents a transformative personal and cultural journey. This paper investigates this transformative…
Tianjin's Worldly Ambitions: From Hyper-Colonial Space to ‘Business Park’
Maurizio MarinelliBetween 1860 and 1945, the Chinese port city of Tianjin was the site of up to nine foreign-controlled concessions, functioning side by side. Rogaski defined it as a…
Migrant Housing in the City and the Village: from Melbourne to Zavoj
Mirjana LozanovskaThis paper will discuss the kinds of communities that evolve through historical practices of migration. The migrant house is associated with a new architecture that had appeared…
Home is Where the Heart Abides Migration, return and housing in Dakar, Senegal
Guilia SinattiThe increased interconnectedness and possibilities for travel and communication that characterise the current, global age have strongly affected scholarly ways of understanding…
Identity and Representations of Gated Communities in Bangalore, India
Elizabeth Chacko, Paul VargheseGated communities, residential enclaves that offer upscale housing and a variety of recreational and communal facilities within a walled area with controlled entrances, are…
Contested Terrains: Visualizing Glocalization in Global Cities
Jerome KraseThis essay employs a visual approach to explore some of the ways that spatial practices become markers of a globalising and glocalizing world. Images are offered that reflect some…
‘Homelessness & Hope’ - Johannesburg's Ponte City
Judith ErasmusThis paper focuses on Ponte City, a high rise residential tower within the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa - the highest of its kind in the southern hemisphere. This…
Being at Home: Space for Belonging in a London Caff
Suzanne M. HallThis paper relates migration and home through the experiences of belonging negotiated by both newcomers and established residents in a South London caff. My account emerges out of…
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hybridEditors:
- Dr. Chaham Alalouch
- Prof. Yonca Hurol