ABSTRACT

Ethno-Architecture and the Politics of Migration explores the interface between migration and architecture. Cities have been substantially affected by transnational migration but the physical manifestations of migration in architecture – and its effect on streetscape, neighbourhood and city – have so far been understudied.

This contributed volume examines how migrants interact with, adapt, and construct new architecture. Looking at the physical, urban and cultural impact of these changes on a variety of sites, the authors explore architecture as an identity category and investigate what buildings and places associated with migration tell us about central questions of belonging, culture, community, and home in regions such as North America, Australia and the UK.

An important contribution to debates on place identity and the transformation of places as a result of mobility and globalised economies in the 21st century.

part I|8 pages

Introduction

part II|70 pages

Ethno-landscapes of migration

chapter 1|19 pages

‘Where is the global city?'

Visual narratives of London among East European migrants

chapter 2|14 pages

Edge of centre

Australian cities and the public architecture of recent immigrant communities

chapter 3|20 pages

Indian-American landscapes in Queens, New York

Ethnic tension in place remaking

part III|70 pages

Materialities of home

chapter 5|19 pages

Putting Vista Hermosa ‘on the map'

Migrant boosterism in distant homelands

chapter 6|16 pages

Arquitectura de remesas

‘Demonstration effect' in Latin American popular architecture

chapter 8|18 pages

A comfortable home

Architecture, migration and old age in the Netherlands

part IV|66 pages

Temporality of migrant constructions

chapter 9|15 pages

Awe and order

Ethno-architecture in everyday life

chapter 11|18 pages

Food, time and space

Mobile cuisine in New York and Portland

chapter 12|16 pages

On the move

Temporalities in a Franco-German museum exhibition on representations of immigrants

part V|19 pages

Conclusion