Cosmopolitan Canopy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23745271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Waverly Duck (University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0532 |
| OpenAlex | W4238474972 |
| ISBN | 9781118568446 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Elijah Anderson describes the “cosmopolitan canopy” as a venue where people from diverse backgrounds set aside their own racial and ethnic identities, as well as those of others, to communicate in more civil and cosmopolitan ways in urban public spaces. According to Anderson, cosmopolitan canopies offer a respite from the tensions of urban life and an opportunity for diverse peoples to come together. Under the canopy, people engage in what Anderson calls “folk ethnography,” a form of people‐watching that allows them to informally gather evidence in support of their own viewpoints, or that transforms their commonsense understandings of social life. Key theoretical concepts developed in Anderson's The Cosmopolitan Canopy include ethnos and cosmos , the white space , the “nigger moment , ” provisional status , and the iconic ghetto .
Aesthetics · Art · Aside · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Linguistics · Literature · Respite care · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Viewpoints · Visual arts · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |