Past and Present Urban Studies faculty present at this years Eastern Sociological Society conference
Between March 6-9, Urban Studies faculty, past and present, shared their research at this year's Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting in downtown Boston. Dr. Timothy Murphy, Dr. Danielle Morales (now at UMass Boston), and Dr. Adam Saltsman were all at the conference. Dr. Murphy presented his paper, "At Home in Bohemia: Queer Belonging among Migrants in Amsterdam and São Paulo." Abstract Newcomers to cities often seek belonging with other urban residents along a variety of lines of identification, whether it be shared beliefs, ethnicity, regional identity, gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, political affiliation, profession, hobby etc. This paper examines how middle-class migrants in pursuit of greater freedom of self-expression and a better quality of life establish a queer sense of belonging through bohemian spaces and networks in two major cities that are rarely analyzed together: Amsterdam and São Paulo. Previous research has evidenced ...