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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nielsen, Rikke Skovgaard
• Hedegaard Winther, Anne

Titel

The complexity of diversity in reality: Perceptions of urban diversity

Ist Teil von

• Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2020-11, Vol.57 (14), p.2817-2832

Ort / Verlag

London, England: Sage Publications, Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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• Major cities are becoming increasingly diverse, and the different aspects of diversity interact in shaping individual lives and neighbourhoods. However, existing research mainly presents the urban population living with this diversity as one group with the same overall perception of diversity. The purpose of this article is to nuance the concept of diversity through analysing the differences in urban residents’ perceptions of neighbourhood diversity and the factors shaping these perceptions. The article is based on 50 qualitative interviews with residents of Bispebjerg, one of the most diverse neighbourhoods of Copenhagen, Denmark. The overall finding is that living with diversity is a diverse experience. The article identifies five ideal types of residents to demonstrate how perceptions of diversity are being shaped. They all express a positive perception of diversity on an abstract level but voice concerns regarding concrete aspects of diversity. The article identifies key factors shaping these concrete perceptions of diversity: insecurity towards ethnic diversity; social inequality; degree of socialisation to diversity; and physical and social detachment from diversity. The findings point to the importance of acknowledging differences between perceptions of diversity for different groups of residents and of addressing the different concerns of these groups. 大城市变得越来越多元化，多元化的不同方面在塑造个人生活和社区方面相互作用。然而，现有的研究主要是将生活在这种多元化中的城市人口作为一个对多元化持总体上相同观点的群体。本文的目的是通过分析城市居民对街区多元化的感知差异以及形成这些感知的因素，来细致入微地理解多元化的概念。本文基于对丹麦哥本哈根最多元化的街区之一—比斯佩杰格街区 (Bispebjerg) 居民的50次定性访谈。总的发现是，生活在多元化中的体验本身就是多元化的。本文确定了五种理想的居民类型，以展示多元化的观念是如何形成的。他们都在抽象层面上表达了对多元化的积极看法，但表达了对多元化的某些具体方面的关切。本文确定了形成这些对多元化具体看法的关键因素：对种族多元化的不安全感；社会不平等；看待多元化的社会化程度；与多元化的物理和社交隔离。研究结果表明，必须承认不同居民群体对多元化的不同看法，并解决这些群体的不同关切。