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Relational Poverty Research by RPN Members

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Producing the Neighborhood: Discourses of Community, Poverty and Livability in San Francisco’s Neighborhood Associations

October 26

Tony Sparks, San Francisco State University My current research investigates the role of non-state actors in the formation of state knowledge and...

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Greening the World-class city: Urban environment and class politics in the Americas

October 26

Juan Pablo Galvis, State University of New York – College at Old Westbury My work centers on exploring critically the production of urban policy...

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The Global Rural: Gentrification and linked migration in the rural USA

October 26

Lise Nelson, Pennsylvania State University Lise Nelson is interested in how landscapes of affluence, as reflected in this photo taken in rural...

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Homelessness, Mobility, and the City: Poverty Governance and Tactics in Public Transportation

October 26

Sam Nowak, University of Washington My research is centered on urban political geographies with interests in the politics of mobility, geographies...

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From Safety Net to Tightrope: New Landscapes of Welfare in America.

October 26

Rebecca Burnett, PhD, University of Washington How do those in poverty make ends meet in the United States today and how do public and private...

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Globalizing English, Mobile Aspirations, and Rural Engagements: Teacher Migrants from Asia and Africa Working in Rural Thailand

October 26

Maureen Hickey, Ph.D. Research Fellow Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore My work as centers on intensive qualitative...

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Philanthropy, power and privilege: Exploring the spaces and politics of social justice philanthropy and philanthro-capitalism

October 26

Elyse Gordon, University of Washington, Department of Geography The geographies of philanthropy and giving look markedly different in the US today...

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Neighbor Assemblies and the Politics of Poverty in Argentina

October 26

Mónica Farías, University of Washington  My research focuses on the relationship between socioeconomic crisis, middle-class identities and...

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Food Sovereignty & Indigenous Ontologies of Connection in South and Southeast Asia

October 26

Sarah Wright, PhD University of Newcastle, Australia Sarah Wright is a geographer with an interest in critical development studies and...

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