Contemporary sociology offers competing images of the breadth and consequences of
gentrification. One subset presents gentrification as a nearly unstoppable force that plays a …

Academics largely define gentrification based on changes in the class demographics of
neighborhood residents from predominately low-income to middle-class. This ignores that …

For long-time residents of Washington, DC's Shaw/U Street, the neighborhood has become
almost unrecognizable in recent years. Where the city's most infamous open-air drug market …

National governments around the world are turning to branding consultants, public relations
advisers and strategic communications experts to help them" brand" their jurisdiction. Using …

Names: Mohr, John, author. Title: Measuring culture/John W. Mohr [and eight others].
Description: New York: Columbia University Press, 2020.| Includes bibliographical …

On a warm September eve ning in 2012, eighteen-year-old Joseph Coleman rode a bike
down a tree-lined street on Chicago's South Side. A nondescript Ford sedan slowly …

For many, reflexivity is a core tenet in qualitative research. Often, scholars focus on how one
or two of their socio-demographic traits compare to their participants and how it may …

Many would argue that ethnographic knowledge claims are partial. Many say this
predicament demands the researcher's self-reflexivity about ethnographic claims …

Since the 1990s, city branding has become a key factor in urban development policies.
Cities all over the world take specific actions to manipulate the imagery and the perceptions …

This review examines cultural production and consumption through the lens of race and
ethnicity. Although the sociological study of race, ethnicity, and cultural production and …