40452 - The Structures and Institutions That Shape Place-Making

Description

Place-making is often studied from the perspective of residents and community members, but social structures and institutions also play a central role in how places are defined, produced, and transformed. This session will explore how place-making is shaped by structural and constructivist dynamics relating to race and ethnicity, capital and class, and gender and sexuality, as well as institutions including government, nonprofits, the media, the real estate industry, and the private sector. Panelists will analyze these themes in a variety of spatial contexts including rural communities, urban neighborhoods, global cities, heritage tourist destinations, ethnic and immigrant enclaves, public spaces and encampments, and sites of environmental disasters.

Sub Unit

• Community and Urban Sociology Section / The Structures and Institutions That Shape Place-Making

Presider

• Nima Dahir, The Ohio State University

Individual Presentations

• Rebuilding and Remaking Riverside: The Role of Institutions, Capital, and Community in Place-Making - Sukari Ivester, Tulane University

• Framing Struggles: How Race, Class, and Space Shape Perceptions of Rezonings Among Residents and State Actors - Viktor Bensus, CUNY-Graduate Center

• Media Representations of Le Petit Sénégal: Race, Nativity, and Place-Making in Harlem - Nima Dahir, The Ohio State University

• Dissipating Stigma, Commodifying Authenticity: Singapore’s State-Driven Spatial Transformation of Historic Little India - Subadevan Boyd-Devan, Brown University

Session Organizers

• Judith R. Halasz, SUNY-New Paltz

• Maria Akchurin, Loyola University-Chicago