Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. NOISE, le bruit de la ville. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Urban Poverty, Spatial Representation and Mobility: Touring a Slum in Mexico. Abstract This article draws attention to a controversial activity in poor urban neighborhoods.
Slum tourism is a growing business worldwide and simultaneously it is a new form of encounter between the global South and the global North. Following the new mobilities paradigm, I investigate a particular form of slum tourism, which intertwines urban poverty and charity, representation and powerful imaginaries, tourist mobility and transnational lifestyles. This is the case in Mazatlán, Mexico, where a multidenominational church offers regular tours to the city's garbage dump.
The Billboardization of Metro Manila. Talkin' 'bout the Ghetto: Popular Culture and Urban Imaginaries of Immobility. Published Date: 05 Sep 2012 Image above: Rivke Jaffe (DJ Sunshine) and Azinta Plantenga (DJ Rudegyal), Leiden, The Netherlands (photo by Faline Plantenga) Black Widow soundsystem, Red Light, Jamaica, 2003 and Stone Love soundsystem, Kingston, Jamaica, 2010 (photos by Rivke Jaffe)
Virtual Issue on Latin American Cities. Published Date: 25 Jul 2012 Picture above: Demolition of Favela Villa Nova Jaguaré and new housing development, São Paolo (photo by Yuri Kazepov, 2009); Pictures from left to right: Junction of Av.
Cities and development. The rise of megacities - interactive. For richer, for poorer.