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Displacement on the Lancaster West Estate in London before, during, and after the Grenfell fire

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This paper draws on ethnographic biographies to reveal the multiple experiences of displacement among three residents on the Lancaster West Estate in London. It is a longitudinal study of before, during, and after the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017. Drawing on in-depth, individual ethnographic biographies, I respond to gentrification scholars’ calls for more qualitative methodological approaches to studying the experiences of the displaced. The temporal lens used adds value in showing that residents were being displaced before the fire and that they have continued to experience displacement even when rehomed. The Grenfell literature tends to focus largely on the causes of the fire but here I consider the lived subjective experiences of displacement, slow violence, unhoming and rehoming, among residents on the Estate. Upholding and preserving these voices is crucial for the Grenfell Inquiry and in resisting state-led gentrification.

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  • Sharda Rozena, 2022. "Displacement on the Lancaster West Estate in London before, during, and after the Grenfell fire," City, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 6-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cityxx:v:26:y:2022:i:1:p:6-27
    DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2021.2017705
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