Despite research questioning the beneficial effects of social mixing interventions, urban governments continue to strive for a social mix. In this paper we examine the effects of social mixing through the concept of rhythm. We paint an ethnographic portrait of a disadvantaged area in the city of Groningen, The Netherlands, which was targeted by a social mixing intervention. We analyze everyday rhythms of newcomers and long-term low-income residents in order to shed light on the effects of the mixing intervention on perceptions of social division and disadvantage. By introducing ‘exemplary’ newcomers, the social mixing intervention improves the area in terms of e.g. livability scores and socio-economic indicators. However, looking through the lens of rhythm, we found how social divisions between advantaged and disadvantaged groups become exacerbated as a result of ‘arrhythmias’ occurring. We argue that institutional actors fail to align the social mixing intervention with long-term residents’ daily rhythms, which impinges upon that group’s right to the social production of their neighborhood. On a wider scale, we assert the social mixing intervention renders the problem of socio-economic disadvantage spatially insignificant under the guise of improved livability. Therefore, we implore future urban policy to explicitly imagine the ways in which socio-spatial interventions might affect daily rhythms of inequality within neighborhoods.

尽管有研究质疑社会混合干预的益处，但城市政府仍在努力争取社会混合。在本文中，我们通过节奏概念研究了社交融合的影响。我们绘制了荷兰格罗宁根（Groningen）市弱势地区的人种志肖像，这是一种社会融合干预的目标。我们分析了新移民和长期低收入居民的日常节奏，以阐明混合干预对社会分化和弱势观念的影响。通过引入“模范”新移民，社会融合干预措施在诸如宜居性得分和社会经济指标等方面改善了该地区。但是，从节奏的角度来看，我们发现，由于“心律不齐”的发生，有利和不利群体之间的社会分化如何加剧。我们认为，制度参与者未能使社会混合干预与长期居民的日常节奏保持一致，这影响了该群体获得邻里社会生产的权利。在更广泛的规模上，我们断言，在改善宜居性的幌子下，社会混合干预使社会经济劣势问题在空间上变得微不足道。因此，我们恳求未来的城市政策，以明确地想象社会空间干预可能会影响邻里不平等的日常节奏的方式。这侵犯了该群体获得邻里社会生产的权利。在更广泛的规模上，我们断言，在改善宜居性的幌子下，社会混合干预使社会经济劣势问题在空间上变得微不足道。因此，我们恳求未来的城市政策，以明确地想象社会空间干预可能会影响邻里不平等的日常节奏的方式。这侵犯了该群体获得邻里社会生产的权利。在更广泛的规模上，我们断言，在改善宜居性的幌子下，社会混合干预使社会经济劣势问题在空间上变得微不足道。因此，我们恳求未来的城市政策，以明确地想象社会空间干预可能会影响邻里不平等的日常节奏的方式。