UNVEILING URBAN DISPOSSESSIONS THROUGH A FEMINIST LENS: Social Reproduction, Gentrification and Authoritarian Neoliberal Urbanism

This essay presents a feminist intervention by incorporating feminist theory and ethnography into the examination of gentrification and displacement within authoritarian neoliberal urbanism. It explores the link between gentrification and the systemic crisis of social reproduction and discusses the...

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Published in:International journal of urban and regional research 2024-07, Vol.48 (4), p.721-728
Main Author: Sakızlıoğlu, Bahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
authoritarian urbanism
Authoritarianism
Case studies
Dismantling
displacement
dispossession
Emotional behavior
Empowerment
Ethnography
Feminism
Feminist theory
Gentrification
Istanbul
Lenses
Marginality
Neoliberalism
Praxis
Reproduction
Social reproduction
Urbanism
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Summary:This essay presents a feminist intervention by incorporating feminist theory and ethnography into the examination of gentrification and displacement within authoritarian neoliberal urbanism. It explores the link between gentrification and the systemic crisis of social reproduction and discusses the contribution of feminist ethnography to our understanding of gendered dispossessions during state‐led gentrification and displacement. The essay concludes that integrating a social reproduction lens and employing feminist ethnography not only enhances our understanding of gendered dispossessions but also reveals the potential for empowerment in marginalized communities. Making visible the material and affective injustices and daily struggles to pursue social reproduction amidst the dismantling of marginalized lives by state‐led gentrification contributes to feminist praxis. Illustrative examples from a longitudinal case study on the nexus of gender and gentrification in Tarlabaşı, Istanbul, are used to support these arguments.
ISSN:0309-1317
1468-2427
DOI:10.1111/1468-2427.13239