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Emergent SpacesMuslim Place-Making and Negotiations of Urban Change in Metropolitan Phoenix

Emergent Spaces: Muslim Place-Making and Negotiations of Urban Change in Metropolitan Phoenix [In the past thirty years, Muslims have reshaped the Phoenix metropolitan cityscape through religious place-making, visible in the minarets and domes of mosques and in the subtle ways of creating temporary sacred spaces throughout the city. Using the Good Tree Institute (GTI) as an example, this paper explores how Arizona Muslims creatively experiment with religious and cultural practices using urban spaces (community centers, conference halls, hiking trails, private homes, etc.) in a process of self-making and place-making. With programs like “the Qur’an & Me,” “Seeds of Wisdom” retreats, and dhikr (remembrance of God) at these venues, the GTI attempts to provide safe spaces for diverse perspectives, a culturally relevant religious education, and authentic ways of being and belonging. I argue that GTI and similar efforts are modes of cultural production which may seem insignificant but nevertheless contribute to what Sharon Zukin (2010) calls urban cultural “beginnings” that “mark emerging spaces of urban authenticity.” These are attempts by Muslim Americans to remain resilient while localizing Islam in its cultural landscape and to resist otherizing discourses from within the Muslim community and society.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Emergent SpacesMuslim Place-Making and Negotiations of Urban Change in Metropolitan Phoenix

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology Book Series
Editors: Kuppinger, Petra
Ali, Muna
Emergent Spaces — Jan 1, 2022
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-84378-6
Pages
127 –143
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-84379-3_7
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Abstract

[In the past thirty years, Muslims have reshaped the Phoenix metropolitan cityscape through religious place-making, visible in the minarets and domes of mosques and in the subtle ways of creating temporary sacred spaces throughout the city. Using the Good Tree Institute (GTI) as an example, this paper explores how Arizona Muslims creatively experiment with religious and cultural practices using urban spaces (community centers, conference halls, hiking trails, private homes, etc.) in a process of self-making and place-making. With programs like “the Qur’an & Me,” “Seeds of Wisdom” retreats, and dhikr (remembrance of God) at these venues, the GTI attempts to provide safe spaces for diverse perspectives, a culturally relevant religious education, and authentic ways of being and belonging. I argue that GTI and similar efforts are modes of cultural production which may seem insignificant but nevertheless contribute to what Sharon Zukin (2010) calls urban cultural “beginnings” that “mark emerging spaces of urban authenticity.” These are attempts by Muslim Americans to remain resilient while localizing Islam in its cultural landscape and to resist otherizing discourses from within the Muslim community and society.]

Published: Jan 1, 2022

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