For the summer semester 2025, we would like to discuss the following text with you:

• June 18, 14:00 to 15:30, Room S3|13 111: Kent, J. (2022). Can urban fabric encourage tolerance? Evidence that the structure of cities influences attitudes toward migrants in Europe. Cities, 121, 103494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103494 and Kent, J. (2024). Does urban design drive sympathy for the far right? City, Culture and Society, 36, 100553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2023.100553

• July 3, 16:15 to 17:45, Room S3|13 16: Park, Robert Ezra (1967): »The urban community as a spatial pattern and a moral order«. In: ders. (Hg.): On social control and collective behavior. Selected Papers. Edited and with an Introduction by Ralp H. Turner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, S. 55–68.

• July 24, 16:15 to 17:45, Room S3|13 16: Crocitti, S., & Bozzetti, A. (2023). Youth deviance, urban security and ‘moral panic’: the case of Italy. Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia, XVII, 3, 198-210. https://doi.org/10.7347/RIC-032023-p198

Guiding idea of our reading circle: We think it is very interesting to ask how far a text (or author) that is considered a classic in one’s own discipline, or that is central to one’s own concept of urbanity, is also convincing for someone with a different disciplinary perspective. Questions that might guide our discussion include: What can it add to an understanding of urbanity? How convincing is the text outside its disciplinary location? What are its weaknesses?

Conceptual framework: We want to tailor our future text selection to the interests of the reading group. We welcome any suggestions for texts to be discussed in an interdisciplinary context.

The texts are made available via our cloud (NUR-Next.Hessenbox). If there are any problems with access or if you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail or telephone:

• Daniel: kunze@ifs.tu-darmstadt.de / +49 6151 16-57006.
• Denis: haag@ifs.tu-darmstadt / +49 6151 16-57332