About a politically useful “planetary” gentrification
There is a global trend towards the “rediscovery” of urban centers for capital reproduction purposes. Such an exercise involves high levels of private investment for the development of new spaces, services and dwellings aimed at middle and higher-income segments, thus suggesting a close relationship...
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oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-627842016-11-29T11:10:49Z About a politically useful “planetary” gentrification Acerca de una gentrificación “planetaria”, políticamente útil López Morales, Ernesto There is a global trend towards the “rediscovery” of urban centers for capital reproduction purposes. Such an exercise involves high levels of private investment for the development of new spaces, services and dwellings aimed at middle and higher-income segments, thus suggesting a close relationship with the financial phase of urban capitalism. In this context, gentrification theory is currently regarded either as an explanation that allows the development of the field of comparative research, based on generic definitions about the process, or through adopting a post-colonial ‘provincial’ approach that rejects the very concept of gentrification as a structural narrative that comes from the Global North inapplicable to the Global South. This paper suggests the need to develop an episteme intended to separate factual aspects and explore some key spatial, political, economic and social elements associated with the gentrification phenomenon. Such an exercise is based on the analysis of two cities, Santiago and Mexico City, as well as from an updated theoretical review, referring to other world cities. It is concluded that gentrification processes at planetary level seem to converge and share the same characteristics within a context marked by the greater mobility and aggressiveness of political-financial power. En todo el mundo los centros urbanos se “redescubren” para objetivos de reproducción de capital, una recomposición que conlleva la inyección de altos niveles de inversión privada para el desarrollo de nuevos espacios, servicios y vivienda orientados a segmentos medios y altos, lo que pareciera ser consustancial con la fase financiarizada del capitalismo urbano. En este contexto, la teoría de la gentrificación se debate actualmente entre ser una explicación útil para desarrollar un campo de investigación comparativa, en base a definiciones genéricas del proceso, o bien adoptar un enfoque de raíz post-colonial “provincializado” que rechaza la gentrificación por ser supuestamente una narrativa estructural proveniente del norte global inaplicable en el sur global. En este ensayo, argumento la necesidad de avanzar en una episteme que separe los aspectos contingentes y en cambio desarrolle en mayor profundidad los cruciales aspectos espaciales, políticos, económicos y sociales referidos al fenómeno de la gentrificación. Ejemplifico en base a un análisis de las ciudades de Santiago y Ciudad de México, además de proveer revisión teórica actualizada, referida a otras ciudades mundiales. Concluyo que los procesos de gentrificación parecieran ser convergentes y genéricos a nivel planetario, en un contexto de mayor movilidad y agresividad del poder político-financiero. Revista INVI 2016-11-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62784 Revista INVI; Vol. 31 Núm. 88 (2016): Gentrificación y desplazamientos en América Latina; 217-240 0718-8358 0718-1299 spa https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62784/66658 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62784/66668 https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/about/submissions#copyrightNotice |
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There is a global trend towards the “rediscovery” of urban centers for capital reproduction purposes. Such an exercise involves high levels of private investment for the development of new spaces, services and dwellings aimed at middle and higher-income segments, thus suggesting a close relationship with the financial phase of urban capitalism. In this context, gentrification theory is currently regarded either as an explanation that allows the development of the field of comparative research, based on generic definitions about the process, or through adopting a post-colonial ‘provincial’ approach that rejects the very concept of gentrification as a structural narrative that comes from the Global North inapplicable to the Global South. This paper suggests the need to develop an episteme intended to separate factual aspects and explore some key spatial, political, economic and social elements associated with the gentrification phenomenon. Such an exercise is based on the analysis of two cities, Santiago and Mexico City, as well as from an updated theoretical review, referring to other world cities. It is concluded that gentrification processes at planetary level seem to converge and share the same characteristics within a context marked by the greater mobility and aggressiveness of political-financial power. |
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