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SUMMARY: Moving Markets: Mobility\, Memory\, and Urban Transformation in Lo
 ndon and Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION: Join the CMS Mobilities research group and explore how migrati
 on and street markets intersect to shape urban life\, public space\, and co
 mmunity resilience.
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 -1.png" caption="" width="website"]</p><h3>Join the CMS <a href="https://mi
 gration.ubc.ca/research/research-groups/mobilities/">Mobilities</a> researc
 h group for a talk on street markets\, urban mobility\, and how migrant com
 munities shape and contest public space.</h3><p data-start="0" data-end="37
 9">Street markets are vibrant sites of mobility where goods\, bodies\, and 
 cultural practices circulate\, continually reshaping urban life. This prese
 ntation examines the redevelopment of street markets in London and Hong Kon
 g to explore how mobility operates not only through migratory and economic 
 flows\, but also through the reconfiguration of public space and lived urba
 n heritage.</p><p data-start="381" data-end="872">Drawing on comparative ca
 se studies—from Brick Lane\, Brixton\, and Mercato Metropolitano in London 
 to Graham Street\, Pang Jai\, and dawn markets in Hong Kong—it analyses how
  redevelopment reflects tensions between neoliberal urbanism\, spatial gove
 rnance\, and community resilience. Long shaped by migrant entrepreneurship 
 and informal exchange\, these markets now face pressures from gentrificatio
 n and sociospatial sanitization\, yet persist as spaces of attachment\, neg
 otiation\, and resistance.</p><p data-start="874" data-end="1129" data-is-l
 ast-node="" data-is-only-node="">Conceptualizing street markets as social i
 nfrastructures of everyday mobility and living archives of urban adaptation
 \, the presentation shows how a mobility lens reveals the affective\, mater
 ial\, and political dynamics of contemporary urban transformation.</p><hr /
 ><p>[image_aligned img_url="https://migr.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads
 /sites/42/2026/01/Maurizio-Marinelli.png" caption="" align="left"]</p><p cl
 ass="p1"><a href="https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/57505-maurizio-marinelli"><str
 ong>Maurizio Marinelli</strong></a> is Professor of China and Global Prospe
 rity at The Bartlett\, University College London (UCL)’s Faculty for the Bu
 ilt Environment. His interdisciplinary research lies at the crossroads of C
 hinese history\, culture\, and human geography\, with a focus on globally s
 ignificant themes such as the challenges of urbanization\, heritage value\,
  and sustainable development. He has authored four book-length projects (19
 99\, 2007\, 2014\, 2019) and has published extensively on Chinese history\,
  politics\, and society. His scholarship has been featured in leading acade
 mic journals\, including Theory and Society\, China Information\, Journal o
 f Current Chinese Affairs\, Urban History\, China Heritage Quarterly\, and 
 Built Heritage.</p><p>At UCL\, Professor Marinelli teaches courses on Globa
 l China and Urban studies\, exploring ‘prosperity’ through the lens of qual
 ity of life. He also leads the Asia Prosperity Research Hub and plays an ac
 tive role in the Urban Prosperity Knowledge Network. He is also a Distingui
 shed Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture\, International Centr
 e for Cultural Heritage\, Tianjin University.</p><p><em>This event is co-sp
 onsored by the Department of History at UBC.</em></p><p>[gravityform id="20
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CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Mobilities
LOCATION:Irving K. Barber Learning Centre\, Dodson Room (302)
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