Where has Bish Vegas gone? The Auckland Project, post-secular urban restructuring and evangelical philanthrocapitalism
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980251382093
Abstract: A strange story of urban revitalisation is unfolding in a small town in North-East England. Bishop Auckland offers a case study of small-town economic decline accelerated by austerity and a cost-of-living crisis. Often symbolic of… read more here.
Keywords: secular urban; restructuring; post secular; urban restructuring ... See more keywords
Unequal taxi geographies: Antagonisms in platform-driven urban restructuring in Delhi, India
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DOI: 10.1177/02637758251384794
Abstract: This article considers how the relationship of everyday spatial practices of digital on-demand, ride-hailing taxi drivers and social imaginaries of urban restructuring remain imbricated in class and religious antagonisms. Through an ethnographic investigation of the… read more here.
Keywords: urban restructuring; taxi; unequal taxi; platform ... See more keywords