Metropolitics

Gentrification in Paris: the elite versus the people?

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine — 2014-01-29T05:50:00Z

Anne Clerval's latest work on the gentrification of Paris, published in September 2013, caused quite a sensation in the French media. Based on a Marxist interpretation of urban change, it decries widespread gentrification that has gradually excluded the working classes from the French capital over the last 40 years. Here, Colin Giraud underlines the undeniable contributions made by this work, as well as its limitations and imperfections.
With municipal elections in France now less than two

- Reviews / gentrification, housing, working-class neighborhoods, urban policy, social diversity, Paris, working classes

Gay populations as gentrifiers in Paris and Montreal

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine — 2012-02-22T05:55:00Z

Are “gay villages” a sign of gentrification? A comparison between the Marais in Paris – an area gentrified before becoming a gay neighbourhood – and the Village in Montreal – more gay than gentrified – reveals differences between gay communities, as well as the relevance of a gender-based analysis of the city.
From the 1980s onwards, research in the US and Canada highlighted the specific role of homosexual populations, essentially male, in the renovation and regeneration of central districts

- From the Field / France, gentrification, gender, Paris, Montreal, homosexuality, Canada, gay, LGBTQ+, gaytrification