ABSTRACT

Recent critiques of integration and superdiversity scholarship pointed out a need to pay more attention to the positioning of established residents, also referred to as 'the mainstream', and to develop novel understandings of urban residents’ reactions to and contestations of the presence of newcomers. Drawing on ethnographic insights from 2015 in a large German city, this article identifies a spectrum of reactions to the installation of a large reception centre for asylum seekers among residents involved in a neighbourhood renewal programme. It delineates how established residents themselves mobilize an integration discourse, associate newcomers with an economic burden and rely on the state for integrating them. Drawing on the notion of ‘Emplacement’, the article highlights how established residents’ occupation with newcomers' integration can be understood in relation to their activity of carving out their place in contemporary diverse and stratified urban environments.

摘要

最近对融合和超多样性奖学金的批评指出，需要更多地关注既定居民（也称为“主流”）的定位，并对城市居民对新来者的存在的反应和争论形成新的理解。借鉴 2015 年在德国一座大城市的民族志洞察，本文确定了参与社区重建计划的居民对为寻求庇护者安装大型接待中心的一系列反应。它描述了老居民自己如何动员融合话语，将新移民与经济负担联系起来，并依靠国家来融合他们。借鉴“安置”的概念，这篇文章强调了居民如何与新移民建立联系”