Despite the considerable amount of studies aimed at tracing the causes that trigger gentrification processes, little is still known about the socio-territorial dynamics that affect neighborhoods during the transition phase. In fact, the common mistake is to consider gentrification as a static phenomenon, forgetting that different forces coexist within it and act in neighborhoods, continually redefining them. The relational reading of gentrification, on the basis of the territorialist approach and the methodological suggestions of non-representational theory, seems suitable for understanding the social interactions that unfold in gentrified contexts and the way in which such practices redefine both the meaning and the sense of places. The adoption of a relational interpretative framework, modeled on both the above mentioned approaches, allows not only to consider the space as an active operator of socio-cultural dynamics, but also to think of gentrification as a territorial connotation, not necessarily negative, which takes shape from the relationships that the social actors involved establish with the territory in which they operate. This presentation reports the results of a research project, funded by Sapienza University of Rome, aimed at examining the urban renewal that has affected the Roman district of Pigneto in recent years. Located close to the historic center and the main road axes of the eastern sector of the city, the Pigneto is a semi- central district that in terms of rent gap has developed the ideal conditions for starting gentrification processes. The project in question, precisely, intends to understand the urban and housing transformations of the neighborhood, reconstructing their essential stages through the testimonies, opinions and experiences of local actors, stakeholders and city users.

Gentrification processes and social practices in the Pigneto district of Rome / Giantomasso, Camilla. - (2022). (Intervento presentato al convegno IGU-UGI Paris 2022 "Time for Geographers" / Session A101442TB – DRASTIC TERRITORIAL CHANGES tenutosi a Parigi).

Gentrification processes and social practices in the Pigneto district of Rome

Camilla Giantomasso
Writing – Review & Editing
2022

Abstract

Despite the considerable amount of studies aimed at tracing the causes that trigger gentrification processes, little is still known about the socio-territorial dynamics that affect neighborhoods during the transition phase. In fact, the common mistake is to consider gentrification as a static phenomenon, forgetting that different forces coexist within it and act in neighborhoods, continually redefining them. The relational reading of gentrification, on the basis of the territorialist approach and the methodological suggestions of non-representational theory, seems suitable for understanding the social interactions that unfold in gentrified contexts and the way in which such practices redefine both the meaning and the sense of places. The adoption of a relational interpretative framework, modeled on both the above mentioned approaches, allows not only to consider the space as an active operator of socio-cultural dynamics, but also to think of gentrification as a territorial connotation, not necessarily negative, which takes shape from the relationships that the social actors involved establish with the territory in which they operate. This presentation reports the results of a research project, funded by Sapienza University of Rome, aimed at examining the urban renewal that has affected the Roman district of Pigneto in recent years. Located close to the historic center and the main road axes of the eastern sector of the city, the Pigneto is a semi- central district that in terms of rent gap has developed the ideal conditions for starting gentrification processes. The project in question, precisely, intends to understand the urban and housing transformations of the neighborhood, reconstructing their essential stages through the testimonies, opinions and experiences of local actors, stakeholders and city users.
2022
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