Cordula Gdaniec currently works at the German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst in a project on cultures of remembrance. From 2003-2008, she was a Research Fellow and Lecturer at Humboldt University in Berlin, involved in the project "Urban culture and ethnic representation Berlin and Moscow as emerging world cities?" at the Department of European Ethnology.

• Chapter 1. Cultural Diversity Between Staging and the Everyday – Experiences from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Other Russian Cities. An IntroductionCordula GdaniecChapter 2. Is Chinese Space “Chinese?” New Migrants in St. PetersburgMegan DixonChapter 3. Contructions of the “Other”: Racialization of Migrants in Moscow and NovosibirskLarisa KosyginaChapter 4. Reshaping Living Space: Concepts of Home Represented by Women Migrants Working in St.PetersburgOlga Brednikova and Olga TkachChapter 5. African Communities in Moscow and St. Petersburg: Inclusion and Exclusion to Social Life in RussiaSvetlana BoltovskayaChapter 6. The Construction of ‘Marginality’ and ‘Normality’ – In Search of a Collective Identity Among Youth Cultural Scenes in SochiIrina Kosterina and Ulia AndreevaChapter 7. “You Know What Kind of Place This is, Don’t You?” An Exploration of Lesbian Spaces In MoscowKatja SarajevaChapter 8. Begging as Economic Practice: Urban Niches in Central St. PetersburgMaria ScattoneNotes on ContributorsIndex

“Taken together, these [contributions] reveal that cosmopolitanism’s definitions and meanings only exist in the plural, that the formation of cosmopolitan ideas and communities is inevitably contingent and place-specific, and that the forces preaching exclusion and intolerance are often at least as powerful as those promoting cultural acceptance in a rapidly globalising world. I recommend it for the insights and case studies it offers, and it would be a useful text for courses concerned with globalisation and urbanism.”  ·  Urban Studies“The volume is a well-integrated collection of chapters, which explore new perspectives on urban life in post-Soviet Russian cities, addressing the themes of multiculturalism, socio-spatial divisions and competing claims to urban space. It will be of interest to Russian studies scholars, as well as to urban studies researchers within the disciplines of anthropology, sociology and human geography.”  ·  Cultural Analysis"In total, this volume provides accessible, interesting and detailed empirical studies and offers compelling insights into various aspects of urban cultural diversity as related to space and spatial practices. By focusing on Russian cities and incorporating many contributions from Russian researchers, it also adds a new perspective to our understanding of this region.”  ·  Anthropological Notebooks“[This] book makes it evident that space, place, and territory are factors to be taken seriously in any further exploration of the nation–building process, nationalism, the formation of national and urban identities, and the impact of globalization on cities. This theoretical insight, combined with the empirical analyses of numerous sites, processes, phenomena, and practices make [it] important and thought-provoking reading that needs to be considered not only for those focusing on Russia, but for Eastern Europe as well.”  ·  Social and Cultural Geography

Cordula Gdaniec currently works at the German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst in a project on cultures of remembrance. From 2003-2008, she was a Research Fellow and Lecturer at Humboldt University in Berlin, involved in the project "Urban culture and ethnic representation Berlin and Moscow as emerging world cities?" at the Department of European Ethnology.

• Chapter 1. Cultural Diversity Between Staging and the Everyday – Experiences from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Other Russian Cities. An IntroductionCordula GdaniecChapter 2. Is Chinese Space “Chinese?” New Migrants in St. PetersburgMegan DixonChapter 3. Contructions of the “Other”: Racialization of Migrants in Moscow and NovosibirskLarisa KosyginaChapter 4. Reshaping Living Space: Concepts of Home Represented by Women Migrants Working in St.PetersburgOlga Brednikova and Olga TkachChapter 5. African Communities in Moscow and St. Petersburg: Inclusion and Exclusion to Social Life in RussiaSvetlana BoltovskayaChapter 6. The Construction of ‘Marginality’ and ‘Normality’ – In Search of a Collective Identity Among Youth Cultural Scenes in SochiIrina Kosterina and Ulia AndreevaChapter 7. “You Know What Kind of Place This is, Don’t You?” An Exploration of Lesbian Spaces In MoscowKatja SarajevaChapter 8. Begging as Economic Practice: Urban Niches in Central St. PetersburgMaria ScattoneNotes on ContributorsIndex

“Taken together, these [contributions] reveal that cosmopolitanism’s definitions and meanings only exist in the plural, that the formation of cosmopolitan ideas and communities is inevitably contingent and place-specific, and that the forces preaching exclusion and intolerance are often at least as powerful as those promoting cultural acceptance in a rapidly globalising world. I recommend it for the insights and case studies it offers, and it would be a useful text for courses concerned with globalisation and urbanism.”  ·  Urban Studies“The volume is a well-integrated collection of chapters, which explore new perspectives on urban life in post-Soviet Russian cities, addressing the themes of multiculturalism, socio-spatial divisions and competing claims to urban space. It will be of interest to Russian studies scholars, as well as to urban studies researchers within the disciplines of anthropology, sociology and human geography.”  ·  Cultural Analysis"In total, this volume provides accessible, interesting and detailed empirical studies and offers compelling insights into various aspects of urban cultural diversity as related to space and spatial practices. By focusing on Russian cities and incorporating many contributions from Russian researchers, it also adds a new perspective to our understanding of this region.”  ·  Anthropological Notebooks“[This] book makes it evident that space, place, and territory are factors to be taken seriously in any further exploration of the nation–building process, nationalism, the formation of national and urban identities, and the impact of globalization on cities. This theoretical insight, combined with the empirical analyses of numerous sites, processes, phenomena, and practices make [it] important and thought-provoking reading that needs to be considered not only for those focusing on Russia, but for Eastern Europe as well.”  ·  Social and Cultural Geography

Cordula Gdaniec currently works at the German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst in a project on cultures of remembrance. From 2003-2008, she was a Research Fellow and Lecturer at Humboldt University in Berlin, involved in the project "Urban culture and ethnic representation Berlin and Moscow as emerging world cities?" at the Department of European Ethnology.

• Chapter 1. Cultural Diversity Between Staging and the Everyday – Experiences from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Other Russian Cities. An IntroductionCordula GdaniecChapter 2. Is Chinese Space “Chinese?” New Migrants in St. PetersburgMegan DixonChapter 3. Contructions of the “Other”: Racialization of Migrants in Moscow and NovosibirskLarisa KosyginaChapter 4. Reshaping Living Space: Concepts of Home Represented by Women Migrants Working in St.PetersburgOlga Brednikova and Olga TkachChapter 5. African Communities in Moscow and St. Petersburg: Inclusion and Exclusion to Social Life in RussiaSvetlana BoltovskayaChapter 6. The Construction of ‘Marginality’ and ‘Normality’ – In Search of a Collective Identity Among Youth Cultural Scenes in SochiIrina Kosterina and Ulia AndreevaChapter 7. “You Know What Kind of Place This is, Don’t You?” An Exploration of Lesbian Spaces In MoscowKatja SarajevaChapter 8. Begging as Economic Practice: Urban Niches in Central St. PetersburgMaria ScattoneNotes on ContributorsIndex

“Taken together, these [contributions] reveal that cosmopolitanism’s definitions and meanings only exist in the plural, that the formation of cosmopolitan ideas and communities is inevitably contingent and place-specific, and that the forces preaching exclusion and intolerance are often at least as powerful as those promoting cultural acceptance in a rapidly globalising world. I recommend it for the insights and case studies it offers, and it would be a useful text for courses concerned with globalisation and urbanism.”  ·  Urban Studies“The volume is a well-integrated collection of chapters, which explore new perspectives on urban life in post-Soviet Russian cities, addressing the themes of multiculturalism, socio-spatial divisions and competing claims to urban space. It will be of interest to Russian studies scholars, as well as to urban studies researchers within the disciplines of anthropology, sociology and human geography.”  ·  Cultural Analysis"In total, this volume provides accessible, interesting and detailed empirical studies and offers compelling insights into various aspects of urban cultural diversity as related to space and spatial practices. By focusing on Russian cities and incorporating many contributions from Russian researchers, it also adds a new perspective to our understanding of this region.”  ·  Anthropological Notebooks“[This] book makes it evident that space, place, and territory are factors to be taken seriously in any further exploration of the nation–building process, nationalism, the formation of national and urban identities, and the impact of globalization on cities. This theoretical insight, combined with the empirical analyses of numerous sites, processes, phenomena, and practices make [it] important and thought-provoking reading that needs to be considered not only for those focusing on Russia, but for Eastern Europe as well.”  ·  Social and Cultural Geography