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Gentrification: Intersectionality & Invisibility | Leslie Kern
On this episode, my guest is Leslie Kern, PhD, the author of three books about cities, including Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies and Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World. Her work provokes new ways of thinking about and creating cities that are more just, equitable, caring, and sustainable. Leslie was an associate professor of geography and environment and women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University from 2009-2024. Today, she is a public speaker, writer, and career coach for authors and academics.
Gentrification is any kind of process of taking over or claiming space, and remaking it in the image and for the interests and benefit of more powerful groups of people, even corporations. Gentrification is the process of taking and claiming space. I also include displacement as part of that process, although I acknowledge that sometimes people can be psychologically displaced as well, even if they aren't physically pushed out of their neighbourhoods.
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Show Notes
- Gentrification and touristification
- Naturalization of gentrification
- The new colonialism
- Intersectionality
- Who’s to blame: renter or landlord?
- The hipster and the safety net
- The invisible face behind gentrification and touristifcation
- Transactionality or hospitality? The case of Airbnb
- Commercial gentrification
- The right to stay put
Homework
Transcript
The transcript is available via Chris's Substack page. You can sign up for free and read along here: https://chrischristou.substack.com/
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