Martha started following the work of 2 people.
Martha really liked visiting Peterborough, ON, and Trent University for the conference 'Diverse Spaces - Examining identity, community and citizenship within Canadian public culture' (http://diversespaces.com)
Martha started following the work of Jeroen Vermeulen, Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Governance.
Faculty Member, Sociology and Social Anthropology
About
I am a social anthropologist whose work focuses on the social, spatial and cultural dynamics of cities.
For my recent doctoral research, I undertook ethnographic fieldwork to investigate public sociability, the mobilization of ethnicity and the production of space in commercial streets in multiethnic neighbourhoods in Montréal. I am extending this work to explore sites of ‘difference’ in urban public spaces in the Atlantic region, starting with the Halifax Public Libraries.
My ongoing areas of interest are urban anthropology, the anthropology of space and place, immigration and interethnic relations, theories of cosmopolitanism and moral economies.
I am also interested in interdisciplinary and applied research, having worked on projects evaluating social inclusion in secondary schools and police-community relations in the UK. I have recently started work on a major research-creation project with colleagues in film and scultpture/installation art at NSCAD University, looking at the intervention of the urban public in the production and experience of art.
This academic year (2011-2012) I am teaching a large Introduction to Anthropology, a third-year urban anthropology/sociology course called 'Living in Cities', and an honours/graduate student seminar called 'Boundaries: On the Production of Social Difference'. I'm also cross-appointed to the Canadian Studies Program.
