Gentrification, Urban Change, and Local Resistance

SCHEDULE AND READINGS

Meeting 1: Gentrification & Development Part I

Tuesday, 10/8

• Neil Smith, Gentrification in Brief

• Swagger Jacking – Cultural appropriation on U St.

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• Disappearing Act: Affordable Housing in DC

Meeting 2: Gentrification & Development Part II

Tuesday, 10/15

• Excerpts from Housing Monster (by prole.info)

• Gentrification in Overdrive on 14th Street

• CNHED response: Gentrification in Overdrive in Our Backyard

Meeting 3: Social Movements & Change Part I

Tuesday, 10/22

• Nearly 100 Years of DC Coops  by CNHED

• How TOPA Works by CNHED and LEDC

• Tenant wins 2007-2010 Described by the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC)

• Barcelona Mass Rent Strike of 1931 By Tom Wetzel

Meeting 4: Social Movements & Change Part II

Tuesday, 10/29

Hot Spots of Resistance:

• Franklin School

• AWARE, LA
• Occupy Our Homes

Additional resources: 

We don’t have time to discuss everything, but here are some more interesting articles on gentrification.

Gentrification Doesn’t Trickle Down to Help Everyone by David Madden in The Guardian

The Death and Life of Chicago  by Ben Austen in The New York Times

On NOLA and Longing: why I’m not second lining this year. A post for my White people by Catherine Michna on Hearing the Hurricane Coming

Are Artists to Blame for Gentrification by Ben Harris on Slate