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Week 8- Discussion-Urban Anthropology

Week 8- Discussion-Urban Anthropology

Q There are several ways to define gentrification. Our previous week’s authors, Trinch and Snadjr define it as “the production of space for progressively more affluent users (Hackword 2002: 815)”. Webster’s definition is “the process of repairing and rebuilding homes and businesses in a deterrorating area (such as an urban neighborhood) accompanied by an influx of middle-class or affluent people and that often results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.” And anthropologist David Novak, studying Japanese city of Osaka, defined gentrification as “the process of repairing and rebuilding homes and businesses in a deteriorating area (such as an urban neighborhood) accompanied by an influx of middle-class or affluent people and that often results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.” https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ciso.12195 What does gentrification mean to you, and what are some implications or impacts of gentrification you see in this week's reading or documentary?

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After reading the week’s reading, it can be said that gentrification according to me can be considered as the process which involves changes within the community and it tends to replace the older stores, or buildings and other stuff from the community and build some of the new buildings around which would encourage the new generation to visit their stores more often. I believe that gentrification can be considered to be both positive and negative. It can be considered to be positive as it helps in increasing the overall innovation within the community and also helps in bringing some changes that will be beneficial for the society. On the other hand, it carries some of the negative aspects as well which involves the overall rise in the rent prices in majority of the areas that are being gentrified.