Editor(s): Alessandro Barile, Barbara Brollo, Sarah Gainsforth, Rossella Marchini
What comes after gentrification? The social sciences have analysed the processes of gentrification, but what happens in a neighbourhood when it comes to a halt? The study of Rome’s San Lorenzo district allows us to answer this question, which affects many cities in Italy and, more generally, in Mediterranean Europe. The economic crisis that erupted in 2008 has also produced a crisis of the urban, which has particularly affected previously ‘valorised’ areas of the city. San Lorenzo is not just a district, but the symbol of a certain idea of the city. It is in fact the capital’s university district, but also that of movements and political participation. A district that, precisely because of gentrification processes, has emptied of inhabitants and then of social activities. A district that has become, as one reads in the advertisements of real estate agencies, ‘for investment use’, whereby housing is no longer linked to permanent living but to temporary living.
Publisher: DeriveApprodi
Year: 2023
