The Location of Culture: The Urban Culturalist Perspective

Borer, Michael Ian

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6040.2006.00168.x

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“…However, particularly in the context of gentrification scholarship, this tradition takes a narrow view of the relationship between culture and urban processes, regarding culture as constituted by and/or serving economic and political elites 33 . While this framework captures a crucial component of how culture operates in cities, using it as our only lens for understanding the cultures of cities renders culture's alternate pathways invisible (see Borer, 2006 and Brown‐Saracino, 2009). In this case, it made nuanced coverage of gentrification seem unlikely, and, in turn, made comprehensive analysis of that coverage appear superfluous.…”

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Diverse Imageries of Gentrification: Evidence from Newspaper Coverage in Seven U.S. Cities, 1986–2006

Brown–Saracino

Rumpf

2011

Journal of Urban Affairs

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This study indicates that newspaper coverage of gentrification is far more diverse than the gentrification literature predicts. Our analysis of 4,445 articles published between 1986 and in nine papers in seven U.S. cities with a population of one million or greater suggests that newspaper frames of gentrification range from those that are wholly supportive of gentrification to those that are strictly critical. Papers also regularly publish accounts of gentrification that reference both its perceived "costs" and "benefits." We find that coverage changes over time and that newspaper frames vary in relation to depictions of place characteristics, gentrifiers, and longtimers. As a result, this paper addresses questions in the gentrification literature about the content and tone of representations of gentrification, speaks to urban studies scholarship on culture's role in urban change processes, and reveals the mutability of the meaning and use of the term "gentrification." Finally, it serves as a call for further studies of representations of gentrification, as well as future analyses of their influence. This article constitutes the most comprehensive analysis of gentrification newspaper coverage to date and in so doing presents a frame for future research. Our analysis of content published between 1986 and 2006 by nine papers in seven U.S. cities with a population of one million or more suggests that media frames of gentrification change over time and in relation to articles' depiction of residents and gentrification stages. In contrast to prevailing analyses, we argue that newspapers present a range of perspectives on gentrification, from suggesting it as a solution to urban problems to emphasizing its risks for longtime residents.Our study addresses a persistent question in the gentrification literature about the relation between media and gentrification. Many argue that the media's pro-gentrification bias encourages the middle class, politicians, and investors to promote and engage in gentrification (e.g., Mele,

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Diverse Imageries of Gentrification: Evidence from Newspaper Coverage in Seven U.S. Cities, 1986–2006

Brown–Saracino

Rumpf

2011

Journal of Urban Affairs

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“…Places can be, and often are, crucial to meaning making by reinforcing and even structuring interactions and identity (Borer 2006;Gieryn 2000;Lofland 1998;Probyn 2003). Places can be, and often are, crucial to meaning making by reinforcing and even structuring interactions and identity (Borer 2006;Gieryn 2000;Lofland 1998;Probyn 2003).…”

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Animal Practices, Ethnicity, and Community: The Turkish Pigeon Handlers of Berlin

Jerolmack

2007

Am Sociol Rev

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Though largely overlooked by scholars of ethnicity and culture, animal practices can structure and reflect identity and social relations. Based on individual and group interviews and observations in Berlin, Germany, this study examines how a group of Turkish men experience and assign significance to the activity of caring for domestic pigeons. Building on approaches to ethnicity that follow the “cognitive turn,” as well as recent studies of human-animal interaction and cultural examinations of nature and the environment, this article demonstrates how: (1) these men frame their animal practices within their understandings of ethnicity, culture, and territory; and (2) communal relationships formed through pigeon caretaking reinforce definitions of Turkish ethnicity and culture for participants. Beyond offering in situ data on the link between animal practices and ethnicity, the analyses and case suggest how and why sociologists should consider animals and nature as potential constitutive objects of ethnic identity and culture.

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“…9, No. 1: 3-14 emphasis from economic conditioning and processes to the area of cultural practices (monti et al 2014;Borer 2006). in order to present the potential approaches to the task, the following sections of the article discuss selected examples of both top-down narrations, aiming at creating new image of a city, as a city of creative industries, and also the grassroots narrations of citizens.…”

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“Creative City ” as a Brand – The Case of Łódź

Brzozowska

2016

Creativity Studies

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The aim of the paper is to discuss the case of Polish city Łódź. Łódź flourished as the textile industry city since the second half of the 19th century. that changed after the Poland's transition to a market economy. in the new situation, the city began to decline, both economically and socially. in 2012 the city authorities have adopted the Łódź Brand Management Strategy for the Years 2010-2016 and Integrated Development Strategy for Łódź 2020+. the essential element of both strategies is to apply the idea of creative industries. the motto "Łódź -City of Creative Industries" not only determines the direction of the current development of the city, but also it was the basis for applying for the title of "european Capital of Culture". The paper presents the case of Łódź from the perspective of the official strategies adopted by the city authorities, and at the same time from the perspective of grassroots activities undertaken by residents that fit, sometimes unintentionally, in the brand strategy of Łódź as the city of creative industries.

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The Location of Culture: The Urban Culturalist Perspective

Cited by 125 publications

References 61 publications

Diverse Imageries of Gentrification: Evidence from Newspaper Coverage in Seven U.S. Cities, 1986–2006

Diverse Imageries of Gentrification: Evidence from Newspaper Coverage in Seven U.S. Cities, 1986–2006

Animal Practices, Ethnicity, and Community: The Turkish Pigeon Handlers of Berlin

“Creative City ” as a Brand – The Case of Łódź

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