Unwanted Others of the City

Counter-Cultural Production of the Roma People of Urla-Turkey

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ID3608388
AuthorsOzan Uştuk (0000-0002-4062-8404, İzmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume45
Issue4
Pages741-755
Publication date2024-07-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256868.2024.2302434
OpenAlexW4390805660
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

This article examines a case of urban displacement and its impact on the local Roma community by uncovering the discursive strategies of the local governments and the tactical responses of the local people. Based on two-year-long ethnographic research, this study aims to understand the intricate dynamics of the counter-cultural production of the Roma people as a response to gentrification policies of local governments. The rapid rise of the rent value of land has motivated the capital class to force an exile strategy on Roma and accelerated existing segregation policies. During this time, some discursive strategies to manufacture public consent about the gentrification have circulated to change the representation of the Roma identity, replacing their imagery in mainstream society by mainly signifying them as the undeserving poor. This research aims to understand how strategic discourses and actions have positioned Roma in the societal and cultural sphere and in response, how everyday tactics of the Roma engenders counter-cultural forms through intercultural communication

Aesthetics · Cultural capital · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Gentrification · Geography · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · Law · Romani and Gypsy Studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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