Rachel Brahinsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 1448302 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Brahinsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Brahinsky |
| SIGNATURE | BRAHINSKY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of San Francisco |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0024-477X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Towards a world of “living otherwise” in The City after Property
We Keep Each Other Safe”
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed ways in which communities take care of themselves in deeply unequal times. Tracing a pandemic-year evolution of community-based organizations (CBOs) in the San Francisco Bay Area through twenty-seven semi-structured interviews with CBO staff, we argue that, through diverse approaches that we characterize as a politics of care , Bay Area CBOs are reshaping their work in ways that could address social and structural d…
The story of property
Property is a story. We assign land and resources legal status, and we narrate this as ownership and power. The interlocking loans, credit, and debt from which housing markets are compiled are built through narratives about value and its origins. The urban landscape, which is made by those markets, is produced through a confluence of human decisions, made with information about conditions and access. This information is based in stories-stories a…
Shadows of a Sunbelt City
Race and the Making of Southeast San Francisco
San Francisco is engaged in a redevelopment project that could bring millions in investment and community benefits to a starved neighborhood—and yet the project is embedded in an urban development process that is displacing residents. In trying to unsettle these contradictions, this paper achieves two aims. First, I unearth a little known history of redevelopment activism that frames debate around the current project. Second, I use this history t…
Race, Space, and Nature
In this essay we put forth nested arguments about the way that racialization remains a powerful force in contemporary society, contending that intersections with space and nature offer important lessons about the (de)construction of race. We argue that the pernicious character traits of racial constructs develop through spatial practices and intersect with ideas about “nature” and belonging. We trace these concepts through recent conversations in…
White Flight/Black Flight
Rachael A. Woldoff's White Flight/Black Flight insists that to understand both white and black flight, we must study the places they have left and look closely at the lives of the people who chose
Race and the City
‘Race’ is a socio‐political construct whose meaning has been re‐formed and defined in the context of urban development processes. At the same time, core definitions and understandings of the American city have racial connotations. These relationships are not only linguistic maneuvers: the intersecting political economies of race and cities impact each other to material effect in everyday people’s lives. This article uses an overview of post‐World…
Race, Space, and Nature
In this essay we put forth nested arguments about the way that racialization remains a powerful force in contemporary society, contending that intersections with space and nature offer important lessons about the (de)construction of race. We argue that the pernicious character traits of racial constructs develop through spatial practices and intersect with ideas about “nature” and belonging. We trace these concepts through recent conversations in…
Race and the City
‘Race’ is a socio‐political construct whose meaning has been re‐formed and defined in the context of urban development processes. At the same time, core definitions and understandings of the American city have racial connotations. These relationships are not only linguistic maneuvers: the intersecting political economies of race and cities impact each other to material effect in everyday people’s lives. This article uses an overview of post‐World…
Race and the Making of Southeast San Francisco
San Francisco is engaged in a redevelopment project that could bring millions in investment and community benefits to a starved neighborhood—and yet the project is embedded in an urban development process that is displacing residents. In trying to unsettle these contradictions, this paper achieves two aims. First, I unearth a little known history of redevelopment activism that frames debate around the current project. Second, I use this history t…
We Keep Each Other Safe”
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed ways in which communities take care of themselves in deeply unequal times. Tracing a pandemic-year evolution of community-based organizations (CBOs) in the San Francisco Bay Area through twenty-seven semi-structured interviews with CBO staff, we argue that, through diverse approaches that we characterize as a politics of care , Bay Area CBOs are reshaping their work in ways that could address social and structural d…
The story of property
Property is a story. We assign land and resources legal status, and we narrate this as ownership and power. The interlocking loans, credit, and debt from which housing markets are compiled are built through narratives about value and its origins. The urban landscape, which is made by those markets, is produced through a confluence of human decisions, made with information about conditions and access. This information is based in stories-stories a…
White Flight/Black Flight
Rachael A. Woldoff's White Flight/Black Flight insists that to understand both white and black flight, we must study the places they have left and look closely at the lives of the people who chose
Race and the City
‘Race’ is a socio‐political construct whose meaning has been re‐formed and defined in the context of urban development processes. At the same time, core definitions and understandings of the American city have racial connotations. These relationships are not only linguistic maneuvers: the intersecting political economies of race and cities impact each other to material effect in everyday people’s lives. This article uses an overview of post‐World…
White Flight/Black Flight
Rachael A. Woldoff's White Flight/Black Flight insists that to understand both white and black flight, we must study the places they have left and look closely at the lives of the people who chose
Race and the Making of Southeast San Francisco
San Francisco is engaged in a redevelopment project that could bring millions in investment and community benefits to a starved neighborhood—and yet the project is embedded in an urban development process that is displacing residents. In trying to unsettle these contradictions, this paper achieves two aims. First, I unearth a little known history of redevelopment activism that frames debate around the current project. Second, I use this history t…
Race, Space, and Nature
In this essay we put forth nested arguments about the way that racialization remains a powerful force in contemporary society, contending that intersections with space and nature offer important lessons about the (de)construction of race. We argue that the pernicious character traits of racial constructs develop through spatial practices and intersect with ideas about “nature” and belonging. We trace these concepts through recent conversations in…
Shadows of a Sunbelt City
The story of property
Property is a story. We assign land and resources legal status, and we narrate this as ownership and power. The interlocking loans, credit, and debt from which housing markets are compiled are built through narratives about value and its origins. The urban landscape, which is made by those markets, is produced through a confluence of human decisions, made with information about conditions and access. This information is based in stories-stories a…
We Keep Each Other Safe”
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed ways in which communities take care of themselves in deeply unequal times. Tracing a pandemic-year evolution of community-based organizations (CBOs) in the San Francisco Bay Area through twenty-seven semi-structured interviews with CBO staff, we argue that, through diverse approaches that we characterize as a politics of care , Bay Area CBOs are reshaping their work in ways that could address social and structural d…
Towards a world of “living otherwise” in The City after Property
Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Race (biology (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (3 works)