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‘Post-pandemic’ transnational gentrifications: A critical outlook

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  • Georgia Alexandri

    (University of Leeds, UK)

  • Michael Janoschka

    (Leipzig University, Germany)

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Transnational gentrifications have been occurring at the crossroads of capital investment fuelled to satisfy the remarkable increase of so-called leisure-oriented mobilities. Such mobilities, however, cause disruptive social, spatial and economic transformations of urban and rural landscapes across the globe. Consequently, transnational gentrifications may be considered a crucial testimonial of economic shifts, during the 2008–2020 period of accumulation. In this article, we argue that the underlying conceptual assumptions of transnational gentrifications require crucial adjustments. We should especially consider the intellectual roots that simply celebrate leisure-oriented mobilities while setting aside the exclusionary social practices of the consumption of space, culture, heritage and place. We do this by interpreting the phenomenon by means of a political economy that understands (i) the lens of the multi-scalar organisation of state power as a centrepiece for orchestrating the conditions for transnational gentrifications; (ii) transnational middle-class leisure-oriented mobilities linked dichotomously with labour precariousness and flexibility; and (iii) the rent gap as an analytical tool to understand dispossession, and corresponding displacement of people, practices and discourses. This approach sheds light on the nuances of gentrification as an attribute of systemic violence exercised in financialised capitalism. It also supports us to sketch out a theoretically informed outlook for the ongoing reorientation of intertwined gentrifications by transnational capital investments with intermittent flows of people in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Georgia Alexandri & Michael Janoschka, 2020. "‘Post-pandemic’ transnational gentrifications: A critical outlook," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 57(15), pages 3202-3214, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:57:y:2020:i:15:p:3202-3214
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098020946453
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