Richard Kirk
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Kirk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirk |
| SIGNATURE | KIRK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2831-7857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
DeafSpace and the city: Theorizing transgression, identity, and the politics of belonging in urban planning
This article presents the first sustained engagement with DeafSpace within urban planning theory. While DeafSpace—a design framework formally developed at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., in 2005—has influenced architectural design by centering Deaf cultural practices and visual-tactile communication, its broader urban implications remain unexplored in the literature. We reposition DeafSpace as a radical planning imaginary challenging ph…
The management of Covid-19 in prisons – the case of Northern Ireland
Neoliberal necropolitics and the global competition for urban dominance
I deploy Achille Mbembé’s notion of necropolitics to show that neoliberalism as an urban development strategy has resonant, however differential, impacts between the Global North and South. As neoliberalizing cities throughout the world engage in interurban competition in their efforts to achieve or maintain “global city” and “world-class” city status, this is intertwined with necropolitics in that local governments must decide whose lives are ex…
Changing urban fabrics: Thinking through the lopsided city
In response to DeVerteuil's recent article in this forum, “Urban Inequality Revisited: From the Corrugated City to the Lopsided City,” I offer a generally positive appraisal—considering his call to re-focus class in urban studies and providing further context to his arguments about uneven spatial development and inter-city relationality. I also offer something of a critique, or what might be read as a clarification, which serves to further compli…
Lifestyle centers, the next boom and bust after shopping malls? Governance, public-private partnerships, and Guy Debord's spectacle in Dallas-Fort Worth
The boom and bust cycle of shopping malls has had profound repercussions for U.S. cities. Now, lifestyle centers are ascending, and this latest form of retail development is more costly than the development of classic suburban-style shopping malls. Concerns regarding the sustainability of lifestyle centers are highlighted in this article, which is a critical political economic assessment of how the emergence of lifestyle centers and the boom and …
Networks for Success: Preparing Mexican American Avid College Students for Credentials, Completion, and the Workforce
This qualitative study examines how Mexican American students participating in an AVID for Higher Education course perceived their preparation for the workforce and efficacy of completing a college credential. A focus group approach was used to explore how social and cultural networks (networks for success) contribute to college completion. The study is guided by the theoretical framework of building social networks through the availability and r…
Neoliberal necropolitics and the global competition for urban dominance
I deploy Achille Mbembé’s notion of necropolitics to show that neoliberalism as an urban development strategy has resonant, however differential, impacts between the Global North and South. As neoliberalizing cities throughout the world engage in interurban competition in their efforts to achieve or maintain “global city” and “world-class” city status, this is intertwined with necropolitics in that local governments must decide whose lives are ex…
Lifestyle centers, the next boom and bust after shopping malls? Governance, public-private partnerships, and Guy Debord's spectacle in Dallas-Fort Worth
The boom and bust cycle of shopping malls has had profound repercussions for U.S. cities. Now, lifestyle centers are ascending, and this latest form of retail development is more costly than the development of classic suburban-style shopping malls. Concerns regarding the sustainability of lifestyle centers are highlighted in this article, which is a critical political economic assessment of how the emergence of lifestyle centers and the boom and …
Networks for Success: Preparing Mexican American Avid College Students for Credentials, Completion, and the Workforce
This qualitative study examines how Mexican American students participating in an AVID for Higher Education course perceived their preparation for the workforce and efficacy of completing a college credential. A focus group approach was used to explore how social and cultural networks (networks for success) contribute to college completion. The study is guided by the theoretical framework of building social networks through the availability and r…
Networks for Success: Preparing Mexican American Avid College Students for Credentials, Completion, and the Workforce
This qualitative study examines how Mexican American students participating in an AVID for Higher Education course perceived their preparation for the workforce and efficacy of completing a college credential. A focus group approach was used to explore how social and cultural networks (networks for success) contribute to college completion. The study is guided by the theoretical framework of building social networks through the availability and r…
Changing urban fabrics: Thinking through the lopsided city
In response to DeVerteuil's recent article in this forum, “Urban Inequality Revisited: From the Corrugated City to the Lopsided City,” I offer a generally positive appraisal—considering his call to re-focus class in urban studies and providing further context to his arguments about uneven spatial development and inter-city relationality. I also offer something of a critique, or what might be read as a clarification, which serves to further compli…
Lifestyle centers, the next boom and bust after shopping malls? Governance, public-private partnerships, and Guy Debord's spectacle in Dallas-Fort Worth
The boom and bust cycle of shopping malls has had profound repercussions for U.S. cities. Now, lifestyle centers are ascending, and this latest form of retail development is more costly than the development of classic suburban-style shopping malls. Concerns regarding the sustainability of lifestyle centers are highlighted in this article, which is a critical political economic assessment of how the emergence of lifestyle centers and the boom and …
Neoliberal necropolitics and the global competition for urban dominance
I deploy Achille Mbembé’s notion of necropolitics to show that neoliberalism as an urban development strategy has resonant, however differential, impacts between the Global North and South. As neoliberalizing cities throughout the world engage in interurban competition in their efforts to achieve or maintain “global city” and “world-class” city status, this is intertwined with necropolitics in that local governments must decide whose lives are ex…
The management of Covid-19 in prisons – the case of Northern Ireland
DeafSpace and the city: Theorizing transgression, identity, and the politics of belonging in urban planning
This article presents the first sustained engagement with DeafSpace within urban planning theory. While DeafSpace—a design framework formally developed at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., in 2005—has influenced architectural design by centering Deaf cultural practices and visual-tactile communication, its broader urban implications remain unexplored in the literature. We reposition DeafSpace as a radical planning imaginary challenging ph…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Inequality (2 works)