Gentrification, Urban Change, and Local Resistance
SCHEDULE AND READINGS
Meeting 1: Gentrification & Development Part I
Tuesday, 10/8
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Meeting 2: Gentrification & Development Part II
Tuesday, 10/15
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Excerpts from Housing Monster (by prole.info)
Meeting 3: Social Movements & Change Part I
Tuesday, 10/22
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Nearly 100 Years of DC Coops by CNHED
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How TOPA Works by CNHED and LEDC
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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:
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