Refugee Youth

Mattias De Backer is Visiting Professor in Urban Criminology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.Peter Hopkins is Professor of Social Geography at Newcastle University.Ilse van Liempt is Associate Professor in Urban Geography at Utrecht University.Robin Finlay is Lecturer in Human Geography at University of Durham. Elisabeth Kirndörfer is Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Bonn.Mieke Kox is Lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam.Matthew C. Benwell is Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University.Kathrin Hörschelmann is Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Bonn.

• 1. Introducing Refugee Youth: Migration, Justice and Urban Space - Mattias De Backer, Peter Hopkins and Ilse van Liempt2. Storying Belonging, Enacting Citizenship? (Dis)articulations of Belonging in a Community Theatre Project with Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Leipzig, Germany - Elisabeth Kirndörfer3. Jackets and Jewellery: Racialised Dispossession and Struggles over Public Space in Denmark - Malene H. Jacobsen4. Venezuelan Refugee Youth and Brazilian Schooling: The Individual between Languages and Spaces - Camila da Silva Lucena and Fabiele Stockmans De Nardi5. The Inclusionary Potential and Spatial Boundaries of (Semi-)Public Space: Refugee Youth’s Everyday Experiences in the Urban Fabric of Amsterdam - Ilse van Liempt and Mieke Kox6. Navigating ‘Purdah’ Culture in Urban Space: The Restricted Lives of Young Married Rohingya Refugees in Malaysia - Mohd Al Adib Samuri and Peter Hopkins7. Inclusive Urban Planning and Public Space for Refugee Youth in Pursuit of a Just City in Amman, Jordan - Rana Aytug8. Sense of Belonging among Tibetan Refugees in India: A Case Study of the Bylakuppe Settlement in Karnataka, India - Anne Bramwell-Grent and Ajay Bailey9. Negotiating Identity in Urban Space: Everyday Geographies of Syrian Students in Istanbul - Seyma Karamese10. ‘You’re Judged a Lot’: Australian Sudanese and South Sudanese Youths’ Perspectives on Their Experiences in Public Spaces - Luke Macaulay11. Hair Salons as ‘Private-Public Spaces’: Exploring the Experiences of Young Migrant Women in an Urban Township in South Africa - Rebecca Walker and Glynis Clacherty12. Emotion and Spatial Belonging: Exploring Young Migrant Men’s Emotional Geographies in Cork, Ireland - Mastoureh Fathi13. Homemaking through Music in Urban Africa: Creating Opportunities as a Refugee and a Migrant in Kinshasa and Dar es Salaam - Catherina Wilson14. Planetary Listening - Les Back15. Refugee Youth: Politics, Publicness and Visibility - Mattias De Backer, Peter Hopkins and Ilse van Liempt

"This is an inspiring collection of chapters drawing on the diverse perspectives and experiences of refugee youth as they navigate and transform the urban spaces of their new homes.” Katie Willis, Royal Holloway, University of London