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Building a bed for the night: The Parisian 'Yellow Bubble' and the politics of humanitarian architecture

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The past decade has seen the expansion of architecture with an explicitly humanitarian purpose. This article examines the politics and functions of this movement by looking in detail at the humanitarian center at Porte de la Chapelle in Paris (the “Yellow Bubble”). Based on in-depth interviews and participant observation during 2017, the article shows how the center provided migrants with a bed for the night while at the same time serving the political imperative to clear informal settlements...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1353/hum.2020.0025

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Division:
SSD
Sub department:
International Development
Role:
Author
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press Publisher's website
Journal:
Humanity Journal website
Volume:
11
Issue:
3
Pages:
317-331
Publication date:
2020-12-17
Acceptance date:
2020-06-01
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EISSN:
2151-4372
ISSN:
2151-4364
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1118804
Local pid:
pubs:1118804
Deposit date:
2020-07-15

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