Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies

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Leslie currently lives in the territory of Mi’kmaqi in the town of Sackville, New Brunswick with her partner and their two senior cats. In Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies, Leslie Kern travels to Toronto, Vancouver, New York, London and Paris to look at how gentrification is killing our cities and what we can do about it. I feel like I have a better idea of what gentrification is, what it isn't, who is affected, who benefits and what we need to think about when we think about urban planning, creating communities etc. Rather than firmly grasping it, gentrification remains an apparition that recedes just before she can catch it. Kern invites the reader to reflect on their own social location and relationship to gentrification (this section of the last chapter is perhaps most useful).

Kern examines the different power dynamics at play in gentrification (racism, settler colonialism, sexism, white supremacy, etc). Kern, author of the much-loved Feminist City, provides a thorough and extremely thoughtful intersectional analysis of gentrification, particularly through the lens of decolonization. Kern unmasks the direction cities are taking (globally), all battling for the dollars of the entitled, destroying what makes cities sing.

Destacar que la finalidad de la autora es visibilizar que hay medios para luchar contra la gentrificación. honestly I checked out a little when they used Tenderloin San Francisco USA as an example of a gentrified neighborhood.

I learned a lot about the factors that influence gentrification and its relationship with other discriminations like misogyny and racism. the "it's not just about housing" section leans into cultural exclusion to me in an unproductive way. sometimes it feels like the book is pitting different minorities and their issues against each other (white moms and Montessori, gay masculine neighborhoods). Some parts of the book (Gentrification is about taste, class, metaphor) were really enjoyable, otherwise I’ve found it unnecessarily long (even though it’s a short book), as the author keeps going around the same issues.Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. The final chapter explores these three frameworks in depth, offering actionable steps toward a more equitable urbanism that centers such concepts as infrastructures of care, Land Back movements, reparations, and environmental justice. sure there's lots of other elements and socio-emotional implications but Kern's attempt to almost pit class against race against gender against sexuality seems like some weird, unhelpful vendetta.

It emphasizes that gentrification touches everyone’s lives, and that everyone therefore has a responsibility to devote their specific skills to reducing its impact on vulnerable populations. Beyond the Yoga studio, farmer's market and tattoo parlour, gentrification is more than a metaphor, but impacts the most vulnerable communities. Este libro de Leslie Kern es un buen texto que se centra en desmitificar varias ideas populares sobre el fenómeno de gentrificación. By the time this book is in your hands, the stories I weave here will have already begun to unravel and be rewoven by others.

Que aunque no se ha puesto suficiente interés para documentarlo, teorizarlo y cuantificarlo, las victorias han sucedido. Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies challenges a number of well-entrenched perspectives on gentrification from the anticapitalist left as well as the market-minded right…Kern’s book is thorough in its intersectionality.