Simone, AbdouMaliq. 2011. The Ambivalence of the Arbitrary: A supplement to Ash Amin’s ‘Remainders of Race. Theory, Culture and Society, 28(1), pp. 129-137. ISSN 0263-2764 [Article]

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In the multiplying uncertainties of urban life, entrenched, mediated positions are increasingly difficult to sustain — a dynamic which simultaneously intensifies and counters a racialized biopolitics. In such contexts, is it possible for racial significations to become ironic instruments in the everyday experimentations of residents trying to figure out new ways of both engaging and retreating from each other, of trying to figure out new calibrations of collectivity that enhance the value of differences, not only as markers of navigation, but as a means of curtailing the increased urban emphasis on individual competence and eligibility?

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276410387624
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology > Centre for Study of Invention and Social Process (CSISP) [2003-2015]
Dates:	Date Event 2011 Published
Item ID:	13839
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2015 10:23
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2016 17:18
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/13839

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