Roza Tchoukaleyska
Re-imagining public space: Urban renewal, identity and discourses of consumption in Montpellier, France
Supervisors: Professor Peter Jackson and Professor Paul White; ORS Funded
MA, Geography, University of British Columbia
BA Hons, Cultural and Historical Geography, University of Toronto
Tracing the relationship between cultures of consumption, ethnic identity and civic belonging in France, my doctoral research focuses on public spaces and outdoor commerce in Montpellier. Fieldwork was completed in the diverse Plan Cabanes/Figuerolles neighbourhood of Montpellier where municipally-led urban regeneration and the introduction of new heritage protection codes have altered the form and functions of neighbourhood markets and plazas.
Research Interests
- Cultures of consumption
- National identity and immigration
- Public spaces
- Heritage policy and urban regeneration
Awards
- Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (2011) Administered by the Canadian Women’s Club, London, UK
- Roberts Funding Skills, Training and Development Postgraduate Grant for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (2011), University of Sheffield
- Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute Fellowship at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2010), Centre for German and European Studies, University of Minnesota.
- Overseas Research Scholarship (2008), University of Sheffield
- Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship (2007), UBC
- Canada Graduate Scholarship MA (2006), SSHRC Canada
- Geography Toronto Award (2005), University of Toronto
Publications
- Tchoukaleyska, Roza (2012, forthcoming - accepted). Cultivating identity: paysan expertise, regional production and the space of the market. Geoforum.
- Tchoukaleyska, Roza (2011, forthcoming). The Marché du Plan Cabanes: Public Space and Civic Citizenship in Montpellier, France. Proceedings of the Université de Toulouse – Le Mirail Conference on Citizenship and Public Space.
- Tchoukaleyska, Roza (2011). Co-housing childhoods: parents' mediation of urban risk through participation in intentional communities. Children's Geographies, 9(2), 235-246.
doi:10.1080/14733285.2011.562384 - Tchoukaleyska, Roza (2010). Gecontesteerde etnishce markten in Montpellier. Translated by Heidi Hanssens, David Bassens, Anneleen De Vos. AGORA: Magazine Voor Sociaalruimtelijke Vraagstukken, 26(2), 33-36.
http://www.agora-magazine.nl/sites/default/files/AGORA%202010-2%20HomeAway.pdf
Conference Presentations
- American Association of Geographers (April 2011)
Food politics and public identities, Seattle, USA. - Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute, University of Minnesota Centre for Germanic and European Studies (July 2010)
Imagined identities and public space politics: outdoor food markets in Montpellier, France. Minneapolis, USA - Association of American Geographers (April 2010)
Re-Imagining France: Erasing diversity in urban food markets. Washington, USA. - Workshop participant, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (December 2009)
Markets as sites of diversity and cultural interaction: Framing a research agenda. Gottingen, Germany. - Université Paul-Valèry Montpellier III ART-Dev Postgraduate research roundtable (November 2009)
- Des visions anglophones sur le territoire. Montpellier, France.
- (With Elisabeth Hicks) RGS-IBG, (August 2009)
Coquettish Westerners, blue eyed gals, or privileged tourists?: negotiating the researcher-participant dynamic during fieldwork. Manchester, UK - Association of American Geographers (March 2009)
Public spaces of consumption: The outdoor food market as a site of identity formation and ethnic belonging in Montpellier, France. Las Vegas, USA - European Association for Urban History IXth International Conference (August 2008)
The markets of Montpellier: national identity, food culture, and everyday city spaces. Lyon, France
Contact Details
Address: University of Sheffield, Department of Geography, Winter Street, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7973
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 7907
Email: ggp08rt@sheffield.ac.uk