Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies

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her main gripe with gentrification discourse seems to be the over-emphasis on class which is sort of hard for me to wrap my head around because gentrification is, in fact, a class-structuring process. If you live long enough to be on a fixed income, gentrification screams, you might have made a mistake. Kern not only details the erosion of communities at the hands of local governments and developers, in the final chapter she discusses possible ways to fight back. She examines the often invisible forces that shape urban neighbourhoods, including settler colonialism, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism and how city lovers can work together to turn the tide. gentrification is not a metaphor and it is a material process, and i don't think its materiality or class dimension undermines the fact that gentrification is a continuation of colonial dispossession or racial discrimination or nuclear home life.

In Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies , Leslie Kern travels to Toronto, Vancouver, New York, London and Paris to look at how gentrification is killing our cities and what we can do about it. The impact of gentrification on race, class, gender, age, and Indigenous peoples are astutely explored…A first class analysis and tool kit.sure there's lots of other elements and socio-emotional implications but Kern's attempt to almost pit class against race against gender against sexuality seems like some weird, unhelpful vendetta. A very accessible history and examination of gentrification and its devastating effect on communities and neighbourhoods. Um bom livro introdutório que peca por ser repetitivo e tocar apenas superficialmente em alguns temas.

Rather than firmly grasping it, gentrification remains an apparition that recedes just before she can catch it. En este sentido, al establecer que no es "natural", sino un fenómeno producto de las decisiones humanas, es entonces evitable y, por lo tanto, es posible oponerse al mismo.honestly I checked out a little when they used Tenderloin San Francisco USA as an example of a gentrified neighborhood. Architects After Architecture reframes architecture as a uniquely versatile way of acting on the world, far beyond that of designing buildings. Kern tackles several "lies" people have told and also believe about gentrification and disproves them with copious evidence. But an all-encompassing gentrification model ultimately means nothing if it is impossible to define. Another reason I appreciate consistent reference to the work of others is it gives me other places to learn.

Kern acknowledges intersectionality but her arguments often seem very silo'ed; it feels like she's comparing tomatoes to potatoes. Inspired by the likes of Jane Jacobs and Sharon Zukin, urban scholar Leslie Kern proposes an intersectional way at looking at the gentrification crisis amid our current economic climate, based on class, race, gender, and sexuality. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Gotta say I don't think anyone there is worried about gentrification while they're scared of getting shot.art is, of course, a part of the solution and my short experience in LATU has shown me that it's constantly playing an important role in struggle. I also appreciate both that she acknowledges her privilege as a white woman and how this has affected her as well as ends the book with concrete actions to take to dispute these lies. Like the author, I am white middle mom who made this place my home to find a cheaper way to raise my kids in an expensive city, opening the flood gates for yoga studios, drag brunch, and oat milk lattes.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Leslie Kern dissects seven common myths about gentrification, asserting that any study of the urban phenomenon should be examined not only in terms of class but also through the lenses of queer-feminist, anti-racist, and decolonial points of view. It emphasizes that gentrification touches everyone's lives, and that everyone therefore has a responsibility to devote their specific skills to reducing its impact on vulnerable populations. Gentrification Is Inevitable, And Other Lies is an essential read about looking at the perils of unfettered capitalism and the carnage it leaves in its wake. Por lo cuál difícilmente puede lograr tener las escalas de cambio para enfrentar un fenómeno que se presenta en muchas ciudades del planeta.

Certain myths and lies mentioned in the book are not properly demystified, on which I hope the author had done a better job.