What is it about?
Gentrification is defined as the invasion of deteriorated historic inner-city neighborhoods by middle and high-income groups. Through a case study survey, we focus on a neighborhood that has experienced both intensification and reproduction of gentrification in the historic center of Istanbul. We use assemblages to show continual process of urban transformation in Istanbul, representing the characteristics of both the Global South and North.
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Why is it important?
We approach gentrification as an open concept, regarding it as assemblage of processes. The role of the state in seemingly market-led gentrification and the local resistance to the recent state-led gentrification attempts have been investigated. In doing so, we included the stories and practices of the residents and actors engaged in this dynamic process.
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This article is one of the outputs of JPI Urban Europe project, ‘Practices and policies for neighborhood improvement: Towards ‘‘Gentrification 2.0’’’. Our team investigate gentrification processes in four European cities (Arnhem, Istanbul, Vienna, Zurich). The use of assemblage theory as research framework makes this project notable.
Dr Emine Yetiskul
Middle East Technical University
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This page is a summary of: Assembling gentrification in Istanbul: The Cihangir neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Urban Studies, January 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0042098017746623.
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