Journal
ANTIPODE
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 124-144Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12584
Keywords
gentrification; urban displacement; postcolonial theory; global South; urban theory; Latin America
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- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [ES/P007635/1]
- National Science Foundation [1632145]
- Newton Fund
- FAPESP
- CONFAP
- UK Academy [FAPESP: 2015/50474-4]
- ESRC 1+3 PhD Studentship
- FAPESP [FAPESP: 2015/14480-0]
- School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne
- ESRC [ES/P007635/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1632145] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This article engages recent debates over gentrification and urban displacement in the global South. While researchers increasingly suggest that gentrification is becoming widespread in Southern cities, others argue that such analyses overlook important differences in empirical context and privilege EuroAmerican theoretical frameworks. To respond to this debate, in this article, we outline the concept of higienizacao (hygienisation), arguing that it captures important contextual factors missed by gentrification. Hygienisation is a Brazilian term that describes a particular form of urban displacement, and is directly informed by legacies of colonialism, racial and class stigma, informality, and state violence. Our objective is to show how Southern concepts like hygienisation help urban researchers gain better insight into processes of urban displacement, while also responding to recent calls to decentre and provincialise urban theory.
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