Gentrification has been a pervasive topic of research and reflection since it was first coined sixty years ago with the aim of including a class dimension to processes of urban renewal. Ever since, it has also been adopted in urban struggle with different levels of success although it has also been partially co-opted by those who promote it. In the three sessions at Luna6 we will go through the theory and the practice of gentrification, its latest developments and even the ways in which popular culture has dealt with it. Each session will end with an open discussion.

January 24, 19hrs

Through three film collages, the collective Left-Hand Rotation introduces us to gentrification and other adjacent topics in an original way that connects art and struggle.

January 28, 19hrs

This talk will deal with the most passionate academic debates on gentrification, involving its history, explanation, periodisation and many other matters of interest.

Feb 3, 19hrs

Gentrification happens in concrete places, many of which have the capacity of explaining how the process happens elsewhere. Research on Majorca will illustrate this, opening a discussion on cases that are more familiar to the audience.