Outside-City: the 'suburban character' as accomplishment of place distinction (case: Antwerp, c.1860-c.1940). University of Antwerp
Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change, Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City, Centre for Urban History
This project questions how and why places come to be the way they are, and how this matters for society over time. Elaborating on sociology of place and actor-network conceptualisations, we will analyse seven comparable suburbs around Antwerp (Wijnegem, Wommelgem, Borsbeek, Mortsel, Edegem, Wilrijk and Hoboken) to determine how and why a multitude of elements conjoin for certain reasons to create a particular sense of place or 'surburban ...