This seminar will be presented in-person by Dr Helena Holgersson

Title: Gentrifying the People’s Home: Displacement Pressure and Sense of Belonging 

Venue: S0.21 

Time: 3pm-5pm

Abstract 

In the ongoing research project “For whom is the city built? A study of goal conflicts, migration patterns and living conditions in the densified city” focus lies on how the upgrading of working-class areas effects the social stratification of Gothenburg as a whole. At this seminar Helena Holgersson will present her ethnographic sub-study in which she looks at how low-income residents in one such area – Frölunda – experience economic and cultural aspects of the pending state-led gentrification process, conceptualized in terms of displacement pressure.

Biography  

Dr Helena Holgersson has a PhD in sociology and works as a senior lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Gothenburg. 17-21 October she will be visiting the Department of Sociology at University of Warwick as part of an EUTOPIA research collaboration with Hannah Jones on teaching on racism.  

Read more about the research project here: https://www.gu.se/en/research/for-whom-is-the-city-builtLink opens in a new window