Displacement, space and dwelling : placing gentrification debate

Mark Davidson

Displacement, space and dwelling : placing gentrification debate

Mark Davidson

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the conceptualisations of space which underlie debate of gentrification-related displacement. Using DerridaÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s concept of the spatial metaphor, the paper illuminates the Cartesian understandings of space that act as architecture for displacement debate. The paper corrects this through arguing that the philosophy of Heidegger and Lefebvre better serves to understand displacement. Emphasising the topology of HeideggerÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s Dasein and, following Elden, relating this to LefebvreÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s understanding of space, the paper ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“constructsÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢displacement in a way that avoids the abstraction of displacement-as-out-migration and instead emphasises the lived experience of space.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-234
Number of pages	16
Journal	Ethics\, Place and Environment
Volume	12
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Derrida, Jacques
Heidegger, Martin
Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991
gentrification
middle class
place (philosophy)
relocation (housing)
residential mobility
space perception
urban renewal
working class

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