Fraser Curry
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fraser Curry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fraser |
| FAMILY NAME | Curry |
| SIGNATURE | CURRY F |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9647-1987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Entangled lives
Dakar is replete with incomplete houses that are often viewed pejoratively to denote the supposed 'failure' of African cities. However, this perspective occludes analyses of the popular economies and socialities emanating from these same structures. This article explores the everyday lives of property guardians (known locally as gardiens ) living in the unfinished diaspora-built homes of Ouakam, Dakar (Senegal). Combining a critical historical an…
Sports Cages as Social Infrastructure
The concept of social infrastructure has experienced a rapid rise to prominence in recent years, both in academia and in policy. In this article, we explore a case study of cages (also known as Multi‐Use Games Areas) in Hackney, North‐East London. We argue that cages are forms of urban infrastructure which can facilitate multiple forms of sociality—especially for young people—and can thus be deemed valuable social infrastructure. However, this va…
You either go on the gang life, or you go on that football life’
In considering the spatialization of race and the racialization of space, this article explores dominant media representations of sports cages in the UK. To date, media interest in these cages, often found on social housing estates, has revolved around the role they have played in the childhoods of a small number of young, almost exclusively Black, footballers, primarily from London. In the first academic article to engage with these issues, we a…
You either go on the gang life, or you go on that football life’
In considering the spatialization of race and the racialization of space, this article explores dominant media representations of sports cages in the UK. To date, media interest in these cages, often found on social housing estates, has revolved around the role they have played in the childhoods of a small number of young, almost exclusively Black, footballers, primarily from London. In the first academic article to engage with these issues, we a…
Sports Cages as Social Infrastructure
The concept of social infrastructure has experienced a rapid rise to prominence in recent years, both in academia and in policy. In this article, we explore a case study of cages (also known as Multi‐Use Games Areas) in Hackney, North‐East London. We argue that cages are forms of urban infrastructure which can facilitate multiple forms of sociality—especially for young people—and can thus be deemed valuable social infrastructure. However, this va…
Entangled lives
Dakar is replete with incomplete houses that are often viewed pejoratively to denote the supposed 'failure' of African cities. However, this perspective occludes analyses of the popular economies and socialities emanating from these same structures. This article explores the everyday lives of property guardians (known locally as gardiens ) living in the unfinished diaspora-built homes of Ouakam, Dakar (Senegal). Combining a critical historical an…
You either go on the gang life, or you go on that football life’
In considering the spatialization of race and the racialization of space, this article explores dominant media representations of sports cages in the UK. To date, media interest in these cages, often found on social housing estates, has revolved around the role they have played in the childhoods of a small number of young, almost exclusively Black, footballers, primarily from London. In the first academic article to engage with these issues, we a…
Sports Cages as Social Infrastructure
The concept of social infrastructure has experienced a rapid rise to prominence in recent years, both in academia and in policy. In this article, we explore a case study of cages (also known as Multi‐Use Games Areas) in Hackney, North‐East London. We argue that cages are forms of urban infrastructure which can facilitate multiple forms of sociality—especially for young people—and can thus be deemed valuable social infrastructure. However, this va…
Entangled lives
Dakar is replete with incomplete houses that are often viewed pejoratively to denote the supposed 'failure' of African cities. However, this perspective occludes analyses of the popular economies and socialities emanating from these same structures. This article explores the everyday lives of property guardians (known locally as gardiens ) living in the unfinished diaspora-built homes of Ouakam, Dakar (Senegal). Combining a critical historical an…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Commodification (1 work) · CONTEST (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)