(T)races in the Afrikaanderwijk. The construction of space and the other, just outside the doorstep

Abstract

In the Afrikaanderwijk, a very diverse neighbourhood, the latest election showed just how diverse it is with a large part of its inhabitants supporting a right-wing party with a strong nationalist sentiment and the other greater part a party supporting diversity. This thesis delves into the construction of place and the other as done by these right-wing sympathizers, sharing their closest space just outside their doorstep with others with a migration background, taking underlying structures of othering based on race and trace in consideration.