Academic Year: 2015/2016 Course: Urban Regeneration and

 Academic Year: 2015/2016
Course: Urban Regeneration and Gentrification in Iberian and Latin American Cities
Coordinator: Jorge Malheiros
Teaching Staff: Agustin Cócola Gant and Eduardo Ascensão
ECTS: 6 Weekly Hours: 2,5 Typology: TP
Contents
Session 1: The production of space in the contemporary city
Session 2: Neoliberalism and competition between cities
Session 3: Introduction to the study of gentrification
Session 4: Gentrification in one of its original locations: the case of London
Session 5: Visit to Lisbon’s historical center
Session 6: The consequences of gentrification and methodological foci
Session 7: Gentrification in Latin America
Session 8: The "Barcelona model"
Session 9: The question of public space
Session 10: Tourism and gentrification
Session 11: Slum gentrification and the displacement of the urban poor. The case of Lisbon
Session 12: The case of Bairro da Luz, São Paulo, Brazil
Session 13: Gentrification amidst other urban processes: urban history, public policies and the
militarization of the city in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas
Session 14: Presentations of the students' essays and review and assessment of the course
Objectives and skills
Goals
 To introduce students to the study of urban regeneration as a strategy to produce spaces of
consumption in the post-industrial city
 To analyse gentrification as a result of urban regeneration and a means of capital
accumulation
 To study the specificities of gentrification in Portugal, Spain and Latin America and establish
the differences in relation to the Anglo-Saxon context
 To establish a theoretical framework for future research on the topic.
Skills
 Mastering the concepts and processes of urban regeneration and gentrification and be able
to interpret and apply them in different contexts
 Develop a critical reading of the processes of urban gentrification and its effects
 Acquire the ability to select and interpret information for the analysis of the processes of
urban gentrification
 Develop the capacity of active reading of texts and critical thinking in the context of Urban
Geography
References
Harvey, D. 1989. From managerialism to entrepreneurialism: the transformation in urban
governance in late capitalism. Geografiska Annaler 71, pp. 3–17.
Janoschka, M. et al. 2014. Gentrification in Spain and Latin America—a Critical Dialogue.
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, vol. 38(4), pp. 1234-1265.
Lees, L., Slater, T. and Wyly, E. 2008. Gentrification. London and New York: Routledge.
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Malheiros, J. Carvalho, R. Mendes, L. 2012. Etnicização residencial e nobilitação urbana
marginal: processo de ajustamento ou prática emancipatória num bairro do centro histórico de
Lisboa? Sociologia, Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. Número
temático: Imigração, Diversidade e Convivência Cultural, 2012, pág. 97-128.
Mendes, L 2014. Gentrificação e políticas de reabilitação urbana em Portugal: uma análise
crítica à luz da teserent gap de Neil Smith. Cad. Metrop. vol.16 no.32 São Paulo, pp. 487-511.
Evaluation
Students should write an essay with 5 000 words and present it in class. The essay may
assume one of the following forms: i) the analysis of a theoretical topic; ii) the review of an
author’s work; iii) the development of an empirical case-study; iv) or the writing of a full research
proposal.
Final grades are arrived as follows:
Essay: 50%
Participation, attendance and contribution to the course debates: 40%
Presentation of essay: 10%
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