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来源

URBAN STUDIES,Vol.55,Issue2,P.384-405

语言

英文

关键字

immigration; recognition; refugees; resourcefulness; transformative mediation; welcoming cities; UNITED-STATES; POLITICS; SCALE

作者单位

[Housel, Jacqueline] Sinclair Community Coll, Dayton, OH USA. [Saxen, Colleen] Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH 45435 USA. [Saxen, Colleen] Stanford Univ, Kozmetsky Global Collabatory, Stanford, CA 94305 USA. [Wahlrab, Tom] City Dayton, Human Relat Council, Dayton, OH USA. [Wahlrab, Tom] Inst Study Conflict Transformat, Dayton, OH USA. Housel, J (reprint author), Sinclair Community Coll, Geog, 444 West Third St, Dayton, OH 45402 USA. E-Mail: jacqueline.housel@gmail.com

摘要

What is possible if Dayton became a city that intentionally welcomed immigrants? This question was the starting point for a community conversation about the wellbeing of and outreach toward immigrants in a midsize city in southwest Ohio - the City of Dayton. This paper examines the processes employed to support the emergence of an immigrant-welcoming initiative now called Welcome Dayton'. Early conversations resulted in a formal plan, written by the community and endorsed by city commissioners, which realigned and crystallised local priorities, sparking a wide spectrum of efforts aimed at becoming a welcoming city. Using qualitative methods, primarily participant observation, we identified practices of creating spaces where both long-time residents and recent immigrants come together in a way that recognises and reveals the value of each participant's perspectives and ideas. Herein we examine the practices of creating and sustaining Welcome Dayton, paying particular attention to the role of recognition in generating resourcefulness' in the community.