Who Profits? And Who Should? Notes on Coletividades, Gentrification and Political Agency in Arroios

Allegra, Marco

no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 7November 22, 2022<November 22, 2022

Who Profits? And Who Should? Notes on Coletividades, Gentrification and Political Agency in Arroios

Marco Allegra

Marco Allegra writes about the role of coletividades—non-commercial spaces—and local groups in the transformation of Lisbon’s Arroios, and questions some of the standard narratives of the neighbourhood’s gentrification.

no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 7November 21, 2022<November 22, 2022

Imagining, and Struggling in, Lisbon’s East Side

Simone Tulumello

Where is Lisbon's East Side and who defines it? Simone Tulumello discusses the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the identity of the area and emphasises the conflictual nature of capitalist urbanism.

no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 7November 7, 2022<November 21, 2022

Introduction: Conflicting Imaginaries in East Lisbon

Lavínia Pereira and João Felipe P. Brito

In their roundtable introduction, Lavínia Pereira and João Felipe P. Brito survey the ongoing transformation of East Lisbon and discuss “conflicting imaginaries” as a framework for understanding the intersection of the local and the global in the "Mouraria–Marvila axis."

no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 7November 7, 2022<November 7, 2022

Cosmopolitan, Racialized, or Both: Conflicting Imaginaries in Mouraria

Simone Tulumello

Simone Tulumello examines the tensions between racialization and cosmopolitanism in Lisbon’s Mouraria neighbourhood, where imaginaries of multiculturalism have been co-opted as part of the capital’s push for global city status.

Dossiers, no. 1, vol. 7April 22, 2022<May 4, 2022

Archive as Pulp: In and through Kağıthane

Merve Ünsal

Merve Ünsal explores the neighborhood of Kagithane (House of Paper) in Istanbul, Turkey, which was formerly a hub of paper production. Ünsal examines the paper supply crisis in Turkey through the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, which is home to the Ottoman state archives.

no. 5, Roundtables, vol. 6November 17, 2021<November 17, 2021

The Precarious Confines of Homeownership and Rights

Caterina Sartori

Caterina Sartori discusses how homeowners on the Aylesbury Estate in South East London have struggled to reclaim their property rights and the right to shape the public image of their home.

Dossiers, Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 3, vol. 6June 14, 2021<June 14, 2021

Aesthetics of Vacancy in Lockdown London

Christoph Lindner

Christoph Lindner introduces a six-part dossier on Lockdown Aesthetics and Gentrification. In this opening post, he argues that gentrification has accelerated in London under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aesthetics of vacancy.

Dossiers, Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 3, vol. 6June 14, 2021<June 14, 2021

Aesthetic Activism and the Quest for Authenticity in a Time of Crisis

Brandi T. Summers

The global pandemic has exposed fissures of race and class in Washington DC. Brandi Summers examines how the aesthetics of blackness have been co-opted in the gentrifying city during a period of crisis.

Dossiers, Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 3, vol. 6June 14, 2021<June 14, 2021

How Mobility-by-Proxy Aesthetically Gentrifies Amsterdam’s Empty Streets

Daan Wesselman

How have bike delivery services changed the aesthetics and politics of the cityscape during lockdown? Daan Wesselman discusses mobility-by-proxy, visual branding, and "gentrification on wheels" in Amsterdam.

Dossiers, Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 3, vol. 6June 14, 2021<September 1, 2021

Gentrification and the White Spatial Imaginary: Notes from Little Tokyo in Lockdown

Jonathan Jae-an Crisman

COVID-19 has created new challenges for community activism in Los Angeles. Jonathan Jae-an Crisman discusses gains and setbacks for Little Tokyo's anti-gentrification arts activists during the pandemic.

Dossiers, Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 3, vol. 6June 14, 2021<June 14, 2021

A Pandemic in the Design City: Montreal During a Quiet Time

Guillaume Sirois

The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted Montreal’s efforts to become a “design city.” Guillaume Sirois scrutinizes the city’s urban design policies and examines the impact of lockdown on its design boutiques and flagship public spaces.

Dossiers, Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 3, vol. 6June 14, 2021<June 14, 2021

Streets for People of Las Vegas

Susanna Phillips Newbury

Susanna Phillips Newbury looks at zoning, urban development, and gentrification in Las Vegas before and during the pandemic, critiquing the city government’s claims to make “Streets for People.”