Working at the intersection of exchange theory, urban anthropology, and ethnic racial studies, this article offers an original perspective on role local patrons’ networks in constructing place belonging during change. Inspired by a middle-ground approach to reciprocity, embodying both solidarity distrust within same community, manifested interracial context, proposes integrative term strategic ...

The possibilities and challenges of combining Christian Buddhist belonging, both the natal convert variety, have been discussed most often within paradigm dual or multiple religious belonging. In first section this article, I will critically discuss usefulness paradigm, especially with regard to appropriateness term "belonging," compared other terms such as "identity" "participation." second se...

This article continues the conceptual work of developing a process-oriented perspective on belonging by taking up active engagement affiliation (and disaffiliation) as an undertheorised yet necessary aspect accomplishing belonging. In concept we draw Marx’s notion material activity in forms life and sociological concepts face-work emotion work. We conceptualise relational concerned with shaping...