TY - JOUR
T1 - Living with stigma: Spatial and Social Divisions in a Danish City
AU - Jensen, Sune Qvotrup
AU - Prieur, Annick
AU - Skjøtt-Larsen, Jakob
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Inspired by Bourdieu's theory of homology between social, mental and spatial structures, this essay dissects the relationship between spatial and social divisions in the Danish city of Aalborg using varied data from official statistics, surveys, qualitative interviews and field observations. Spatial divisions reflect differences in the objective distribution of economic and cultural capital, and are accompanied by symbolic divisions in residents’ minds. Some nuances are, however, added to Bourdieu's homology argument, as there are discrepancies between objective distributions and mental schemes, such that the latter exaggerate and dramatize the former. The neighbourhood of Aalborg East is subjected to this symbolic exaggeration in the form of spatial stigma or territorial stigmatization. An analysis of residents’ strategies for coping with spatial stigma furthermore provides an illustration of Wacquant's claim that this stigmatization can be met with a range of socially patterned responses ranging from acceptance or indifference to recalcitrance.
AB - Inspired by Bourdieu's theory of homology between social, mental and spatial structures, this essay dissects the relationship between spatial and social divisions in the Danish city of Aalborg using varied data from official statistics, surveys, qualitative interviews and field observations. Spatial divisions reflect differences in the objective distribution of economic and cultural capital, and are accompanied by symbolic divisions in residents’ minds. Some nuances are, however, added to Bourdieu's homology argument, as there are discrepancies between objective distributions and mental schemes, such that the latter exaggerate and dramatize the former. The neighbourhood of Aalborg East is subjected to this symbolic exaggeration in the form of spatial stigma or territorial stigmatization. An analysis of residents’ strategies for coping with spatial stigma furthermore provides an illustration of Wacquant's claim that this stigmatization can be met with a range of socially patterned responses ranging from acceptance or indifference to recalcitrance.
KW - Bourdieu
KW - Denmark
KW - Wacquant
KW - segregation
KW - social space
KW - territorial stigmatization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85098678716&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1468-2427.12850
DO - 10.1111/1468-2427.12850
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0309-1317
VL - 45
SP - 186
EP - 196
JO - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
JF - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
IS - 1
ER -