The concept of post-secularism has come to signify a renewed attention to the role of
religion within secular, democratic public spheres. Central to the project of post-secularism …

New Islamist Architecture and Urbanism claims that, in today's world, a research agenda
concerning the relation between Islam and space has to consider the role of Islamism rather …

What are the cultural origins of societal conflicts that revolve around democratization,
women's rights, and modern libertarian values? We propose that deep‐seated differences in …

ABSTRACT In June 2013, Brazil witnessed one of its largest protest movements in history
when more than 1 million Brazilians marched on city streets to demand improvements to …

Focusing on everyday life and the dynamics of contestations between very different groups
thrown together in dangerous proximity in a neighborhood of Istanbul called Tophane, this …

Following the start of the Syrian civil war, the Mediterranean Sea gradually became a
cemetery for refugees. As Europe closed borders and criminalized refugee rescue efforts …

The concept of encounter has long been central to a cosmopolitan ethos in which coming
together in urban public space is expected to yield tolerance and pluralism. More recently …

Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey's
authoritarian populist turn, it sought to derive legitimacy through extra-institutional avenues …

This article discusses the relationship between affective body politics and gendered norms
of urban belonging in Istanbul, Turkey. As I will show, there are specific bodily imaginations …

Based on research in Istanbul in 2013–14, the article describes a changing urban
geography of beauty, which has multiple repercussions on women's spatialized notions of …