Francesca Piazzoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 4587966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Piazzoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Piazzoni |
| SIGNATURE | PIAZZONI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6674-8463 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unpacking the micro-regeneration of alley corners in Guangzhou
In the name of history
Policy makers across the Global North tend to remove poor and non-white vendors as inappropriate users of public space. Scholars have amply demonstrated that such removals reflect dominant aspirations of the present and future image of the city. But how do ideas about a city’s past help shape these aspirations? We compare how heritage, the socially constructed meanings through which people experience history, helps forge consensus over the legiti…
Material agencies of survival
The other “Bangla-Town”
As neoliberal forms of governance marginalize immigrants in cities across the world, newcomers in turn challenge exclusion by emplacing urbanisms of survival and belonging. Most scholars of migrant urbanisms have focused on low-income, “marginal” districts that remain separate from “prime” spaces such as historic downtowns and financial headquarters. This article widens the focus on migrant urbanisms by considering the ways in which Bangladeshi i…
What’s Wrong with Fakes? Heritage Reconstructions, Authenticity, and Democracy in Post-Disaster Recoveries
Natural and human disasters continue to destroy historic urban fabrics worldwide. While residents would often like to see their cities rebuilt “as they were,” most scholars of heritage fiercely reject identical reconstructions by arguing either that they are “fake” simulations, or that they epitomize undemocratic urbanization processes. Challenging these arguments, I first draw from literature on theming to argue that it is precisely “fakeness” t…
Visibility as Justice
Dominant constructions of what looks “appropriate” enable the exclusion of poor immigrants from public spaces around the world. This paper analyzes how Bangladeshi vendors challenge exclusion by tactically appearing and disappearing in Rome’s iconic landscapes. While xenophobic, pro-decorum regulations seek to banish marginalized subjects from the tourist-friendly city center, immigrant vendors mobilize their own visibility by emplacing urbanisms…
Visibility as Justice
Dominant constructions of what looks “appropriate” enable the exclusion of poor immigrants from public spaces around the world. This paper analyzes how Bangladeshi vendors challenge exclusion by tactically appearing and disappearing in Rome’s iconic landscapes. While xenophobic, pro-decorum regulations seek to banish marginalized subjects from the tourist-friendly city center, immigrant vendors mobilize their own visibility by emplacing urbanisms…
Material agencies of survival
What’s Wrong with Fakes? Heritage Reconstructions, Authenticity, and Democracy in Post-Disaster Recoveries
Natural and human disasters continue to destroy historic urban fabrics worldwide. While residents would often like to see their cities rebuilt “as they were,” most scholars of heritage fiercely reject identical reconstructions by arguing either that they are “fake” simulations, or that they epitomize undemocratic urbanization processes. Challenging these arguments, I first draw from literature on theming to argue that it is precisely “fakeness” t…
In the name of history
Policy makers across the Global North tend to remove poor and non-white vendors as inappropriate users of public space. Scholars have amply demonstrated that such removals reflect dominant aspirations of the present and future image of the city. But how do ideas about a city’s past help shape these aspirations? We compare how heritage, the socially constructed meanings through which people experience history, helps forge consensus over the legiti…
What’s Wrong with Fakes? Heritage Reconstructions, Authenticity, and Democracy in Post-Disaster Recoveries
Natural and human disasters continue to destroy historic urban fabrics worldwide. While residents would often like to see their cities rebuilt “as they were,” most scholars of heritage fiercely reject identical reconstructions by arguing either that they are “fake” simulations, or that they epitomize undemocratic urbanization processes. Challenging these arguments, I first draw from literature on theming to argue that it is precisely “fakeness” t…
Visibility as Justice
Dominant constructions of what looks “appropriate” enable the exclusion of poor immigrants from public spaces around the world. This paper analyzes how Bangladeshi vendors challenge exclusion by tactically appearing and disappearing in Rome’s iconic landscapes. While xenophobic, pro-decorum regulations seek to banish marginalized subjects from the tourist-friendly city center, immigrant vendors mobilize their own visibility by emplacing urbanisms…
The other “Bangla-Town”
As neoliberal forms of governance marginalize immigrants in cities across the world, newcomers in turn challenge exclusion by emplacing urbanisms of survival and belonging. Most scholars of migrant urbanisms have focused on low-income, “marginal” districts that remain separate from “prime” spaces such as historic downtowns and financial headquarters. This article widens the focus on migrant urbanisms by considering the ways in which Bangladeshi i…
Material agencies of survival
In the name of history
Policy makers across the Global North tend to remove poor and non-white vendors as inappropriate users of public space. Scholars have amply demonstrated that such removals reflect dominant aspirations of the present and future image of the city. But how do ideas about a city’s past help shape these aspirations? We compare how heritage, the socially constructed meanings through which people experience history, helps forge consensus over the legiti…
Unpacking the micro-regeneration of alley corners in Guangzhou
Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works)