Heritage, Gentrification and Resistance in the Neoliberal City

What happens when versions of the past become silenced, suppressed, or privileged due to urban restructuring? In what ways are the interpretations and performances of 'the past' linked to urban gentrification, marginalization, displacement, and social responses? Authors explore a variety of attempts to interrupt and interrogate urban restructuring, and to imagine alternative forms of urban organization, produced by diverse coalitions of resisting groups and individuals. Armed with historical narratives, oral histories, objects, physical built environment, memorials, and intangible aspects of heritage that include traditions, local knowledge and experiences, memories, authors challenge the 'devaluation' of their neighborhoods in official heritage and development narratives.

About the author

Feras Hammami is an urban policy analyst and associate professor of conservation at the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg.

Daniel Jewesbury is an artist and writer, and a senior lecturer in Fine Art at HDK-Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg. Daniel has been researching urban development across Europe for 20 years, through both his published writing and an art practice that encompasses film, photography, and performance.

Chiara Valli is a social and economic geographer and an associate senior lecturer in Urban Studies at Malmö University.

Product details

• Authors: Feras Jewesbury Hammami
• Assisted by: Feras Hammami (Editor), Daniel Jewesbury (Editor), Jewesbury Daniel (Editor), Chiara Valli (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781800735729
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-572-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Explorations in Heritage Studies; Explorations in Heritage Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural history, Municipal / city government, Regional government