By Ayşen Üstübici and Zeynep Sena Uzunboy, Koç University, Istanbul Historically, cities in general, some neighborhoods in particular, have been the main destinations for internal migrants from rural areas and for newly arrived international migrants. Zeytinburnu has historically been a first-stop “arrival neighborhood” because of its mix of old industrial areas (textile, leather), the availability...Read More
By Ricard Zapata-Barrero, GRITIM, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona A re-examination of the local turn literature (Zapata-Barrero et al., 2017), with a focus on the normative assumptions that has helped to articulate the debates, may necessitate a re-set of the local turn so as to broaden the scope of cities. This would include, but not be...Read More
BROAD-ER SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 2025 Urban Memories of Migration 7 March 2025 Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona 📢 Exciting news! The BROAD-ER project is hosting a scientific conference at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Join us on March 7, 2025, to explore the intersections of urban, migration, and memory studies. Selected papers will be published in a...Read More
