eprintid: 31691
rev_number: 44
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datestamp: 2022-06-03 11:07:13
lastmod: 2022-06-23 10:16:22
status_changed: 2022-06-03 11:07:13
type: bachelorThesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Kempe, Leo
title: Fighting Against AtroCITIES In The Land of the Free - Why Black Lives, Geography and Democracy Should Matter to America
subjects: ddc-070
subjects: ddc-300
subjects: ddc-320
subjects: ddc-330
subjects: ddc-340
subjects: ddc-360
subjects: ddc-380
subjects: ddc-420
subjects: ddc-710
subjects: ddc-910
divisions: i-120700
divisions: i-180500
divisions: i-713000
adv_faculty: af-12
keywords: Black Geographies, deprivation, accessibility, social movement, Black Lives Matter, protests, Washington, Minneapolis
cterms_swd: Entfremdung
cterms_swd: America
cterms_swd: City
cterms_swd: Planungsmanagement
cterms_swd: Afroamerikaner
cterms_swd: Geografie
cterms_swd: Polizeiwesen
cterms_swd: Rassismus
abstract: Black lives are connected to geography and politics, particularly in the United States, its cities and neighborhoods. Often initiated by Whites, detrimental practices of racialization, alienation and opportunity deprivation can be observed on various scales. Importantly, these realities are connected to human rights and thus a fundament for democracy. This thesis uses a triangulation of the three variables Black lives, geography and democracy to answer the question of how the first two influence democratic stability in the United States. In the context of the Black Lives Matter Movement, it focuses on racism, police violence and accessibility problems for Black people, taking the cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Washington, D.C. as illustrations. These proved to be relevant because of the murder of George Floyd and the anti-discrimination White House protests, respectively. Theoretical orientations from Black Geographies and social justice activism facilitated assessing the two cities' contribution to democracy, and it is concluded that through relational analysis we can better understand the significance of the three interdependent variables for the country.
date: 2021
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00031691
ppn_swb: 1807549348
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-316919
date_accepted: 2021-07-06
advisor: HASH(0x559e37d0c480)
language: eng
bibsort: KEMPELEOFIGHTINGAG2021
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
citation:   Kempe, Leo  (2021) Fighting Against AtroCITIES In The Land of the Free - Why Black Lives, Geography and Democracy Should Matter to America.  [Bachelor thesis]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/31691/7/B.A._Thesis_Kempe.pdf