A Contínua Luta: Research on politics against the State as a killing system
August 19Antonádia Borges, University of Brasilia, Department of Anthropology Privilege in countries like Brazil and South Africa (where I do research)...
Relational Poverty Research by RPN Members
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Emerging Gang Geographies
May 18Dirk Kinsey, Portland State University, Department of Geography This project examines changing patterns of youth and gang violence in the...
Care Markets: The role of care agencies in the commodification of elderly care
May 9Karin Schwiter - University of Zurich – Department of Geography In Switzerland, the commercialization of home care has been accompanied by the...
Migration Economies: Central American transit, sociality, and exploitation on the journey through Mexico
May 9Mario Bruzzone - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Geography My scholarship interprets the economic role of transit migrants...
Connecting for survival: Understanding the spatial implications of migrant women’s survival strategies in two cities
November 21Colleen Hammelman, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University Women worldwide carry out survival strategies that rely on connecting to...
Progress Reports: Geographies of Development I, II, III
October 22Richard Ballard - Gauteng City-Region Observatory, University of the Witwatersrand and University of Johannesburg This series of...
“A Mass Conspiracy to Feed People”: World-Class Waste and the Struggle for Space in the Global City
August 14David Boarder Giles, University of Canterbury, Department of Anthropology This ethnographic research explores the cultural and political...
Poverty and the New Geography of Blame in the United States
July 23Jeff Maskovsky, Queens College, City University of New York, Department of Urban Studies Poverty and inequality are being re-territorialized in...
The Multiple Relational Geographies of Urban Redevelopment
May 2Bob Lake, Rutgers University, Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy Urban redevelopment in the neoliberal city is frequently...