Citizenship, Democracy and Belonging in Suburban Britain: Making the Local by Da

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Citizenship, Democracy and Belonging in Suburban Britain follows a group of community activists in suburban London, as they take on the responsibilities and pressures of being good citizens.

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David Jeevendrampillai is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, UCL. His research explores the relationship between people and place, notions of belonging, territoriality and the politics of place making. He has written on practices of knowing and representing place, including mapping, walking, parading and 'local' carnivals, planning policy and academic research practice.

Table of Contents

List of figures Preface Acknowledgements 1.Introduction 2. Theoretical frames of the book 3. The making of an unused map: moments of incommensurability 4. How to make a suburb part 1: diagrams, expertise and cake 5. Being stupid in the suburbs: life in the state of Seething 6. Making a suburb part 2: the research activities of the Free University of Seething 7. Citizenship in the suburbs: shit and the story of the filter beds 8. Conclusion Afterword by an anonymous interlocutor Index

Review

'[This book's] wider significance is in drawing attention to the practical labour and contested knowledges that are intrinsic to community-building.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'Citizenship, Democracy and Belonging in Suburban Britain offers a detailed ethnographic study of people's desires and needs in making sense of their places and spaces, where they work and live, and how they are valued.'International Journal of Heritage Studies'This book will be useful for a multiplicity of practitioners working across disciplines, including urbanists, planners and anyone engaging with what it takes to shape a resilient community.' LSE Review of Books

Details ISBN1800080549 Author David Jeevendrampillai Year 2021 ISBN-10 1800080549 ISBN-13 9781800080546 Format Paperback Imprint UCL Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 228 AU Release Date 2021-10-13 NZ Release Date 2021-10-13 Publication Date 2021-10-13 UK Release Date 2021-10-13 Illustrations 25 Illustrations, color Subtitle Making the Local Publisher UCL Press Alternative 9781800080553 DEWEY 307.09421 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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