Changing cityscapes and the process of contemporary gentrification: The study of the transformation of a socially excluded area in Brno, the Czech Republic

Klára Brožovičová

doi:10.23858/JUE17.2019.002

Published: 2019-12-31

Vol. 17 (2019)

Changing cityscapes and the process of contemporary gentrification: The study of the transformation of a socially excluded area in Brno, the Czech Republic

Klára Brožovičová

Journal of Urban Ethnology

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE17.2019.002

Abstract

The main goal of the paper is to report and explain the ongoing process of gentrification in an excluded area Bratislavská Street – Cejl Street in Brno, the Czech Republic. It is a specific study describing the process of gentrification in general on the basis of a specific case. The findings of this study come out of a long-term field survey in the form of regular visits to that area of Brno, carried out from 2008 to 2012. Since 2012 the research has been carried out in form of observation of the area’s environment and the author’s stay in that area. The research and following analysis are based on the “actor-centred approach”.

Keywords:

social exclusion, gentrification, Brno, the Romani, integration, NGO, actor-centered approach

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Klára Brožovičová, Jana Pospíšilová, Dělnický dům a proměny sociálně vyloučené oblasti. Případová studie lokality Brno-Cejl , Journal of Urban Ethnology: Vol. 13 (2015)

Download files

pdf pdf

Citation rules

Brožovičová, K. (2019). Changing cityscapes and the process of contemporary gentrification: The study of the transformation of a socially excluded area in Brno, the Czech Republic. Journal of Urban Ethnology, 17, 31–46. https://doi.org/10.23858/JUE17.2019.002

Cited by / Share

References

Bittnerová D., Moravcová M. 2011, Integrace – identita [in:] Bittnerová B., Moravcová, M. (ed.) Etnické komunity, integrace, identita, FHS UK, Praha, pp. 9-15.
Google Scholar

Bonner A. 2006, Social Exclusion and the Way Out: An Individual and Community Response to Human Social Dysfunction, Wiley-Blackwell, London.
Google Scholar

Burjanek A. 1997, Segregace, „Sociologický časopis“, Vol. 33 (1997), pp.38-52.
Google Scholar

Constant A.F., Zimmermann K.F. 2011, Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Integration (December 2009) [in:] Jovanovic, M. N. (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Integration, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 145 – 168.
Google Scholar

Creswell J.W. 2007, Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among qualitative approaches, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Google Scholar

Dahrendorf R. 1988, The Modern Social Conflict: An Essay on the Politics of Liberty, George Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London.
Google Scholar

Finney N., Simpson L. 2009, Sleepwalking to Segregation?: Challenging Myths About Race and Migration, The Policy Press, London.
Google Scholar

Glass R. 1964, London: aspects of change, „Centre for Urban Studies“ No. 3, MacGibbon & Kee, London, pp 342.
Google Scholar

Hamnett C. 2003, Gentrification and the Middle-class Remaking of Inner London, 1961 – 2001, „Urban Studies“ Vol. 40, No. 12, pp. 2401 – 2426.
Google Scholar

Holzner B., 1967, The Concept “Integration” in Sociological Theory, “The Sociological Quarterly“, Vol. 8, pp. 51–62.
Google Scholar

Lees L., 2008, Gentrification and social mixing: towards an inclusive urban renaissance?, „Urban Studies“, Vol. 45, No.12, pp. 2449–2470.
Google Scholar

Lees L.; Slater, T.; Wyly E. 2008, Gentrification, Routledge, New York.
Google Scholar

Ley D. 1986, Alternative explanations for inner-city gentrification, „Annals of the Association of American Geographers“ Vol. 76, pp. 521 – 535.
Google Scholar

Maloutas T. 2011, Contextual Diversity in Gentrification Research, „Critical Sociology“, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 33-48.
Google Scholar

Marcuse P. 1997, The Ghetto of Exclusion and the Fortified Enclave: New Patterns in the United States, „American Behavioral Scientist“, special issue, „The New Spatial Order of Cities“, Vol. 41, No.3, pp. 311-326.
Google Scholar

Ogbu J. U. 2003, Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb. A Study Academic Disengagement, Mahwah: LEA.
Google Scholar

Pospíšilová J., Brožovičová K. 2015, Dělnický dům a proměny sociálně vyloučené oblasti. Případová studie lokality Brno-Cejl. „Journal of Urban Ethnology“, Vol. 13, p. 157-177.
Google Scholar

Pospíšilová J., Poláková J., Brožovičová K. 2015, National Minorities in Brno. The Cultural Heritage of Roma in Excluded Locations. „Journal of Ethnology“, Vol 25, No. 5, p. 18-34.
Google Scholar

Regelmann A. 2009, Political Community, Political Institutions and Minority Politics in Slovakia, 1998-2006 [in:] Agarin, T and Brosig, M (ed.) Minority Integration in Central Eastern Europe: Between Ethnic Diversity and Equality, Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, pp. 175-198.
Google Scholar

Silver H., Miller, S.M. 2003, Social Exclusion: The European Approach to Social Disadvantage. „Indicators“ Vol.2, No.2, pp. 6-15.
Google Scholar

Sirovátka T. 2007, Dynamika soudobého trhu práce: Flexibilita, segmentace a inkluze [in:] Mareš, P., Hofírek, O. (ed.) Sociální reprodukce a integrace: Ideály a meze. Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, Brno, pp. 85-99.
Google Scholar

Smith N. 1996, The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City, Rutledge, London.
Google Scholar

Smith N. 2003, Gentrification and the rent gap, „Annals of the Association of American Geographers“, Vol. 77, pp. 462 – 465.
Google Scholar

Townsend P. 1979, Poverty in the United Kingdom: a survey of household resources and standards of living, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth.
Google Scholar

Vleminckx K., Berghman J. 2001, Social Exclusion and the Welfare State: An Overview of Conceptual Issues and Policy Implications [in:] Mayes, D, Berghman, J. a Salais, R. Social Exclusion and European Policy, Edward Elgar, Northampton, MA, pp. 27–46.
Google Scholar

SLDB 2011 - vybrané výsledky podle městských částí Brna. 2011. Český statistický úřad, https://www.czso.cz/csu/xb/sldb_2011_vybrane_vysledky_podle_mestskych_casti_brna, 12.03.2019.
Google Scholar

Official website of the Institut Terezínské iniciativy, http://www.holocaust.cz/databaze-obeti/, 19.03.2019.
Google Scholar

IPRM Handbook, 2012, Příručka Integrovaného plánu města Brna. http://www.mmr.cz/getmedia/030d19a9-8b5a-4393-b7fd13b6276ced30/Kalaskova.pdf?ext=.pdf, 25.3.2019.
Google Scholar

Klára Brožovičová

klarabrozovicova@seznam.cz
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5486-0055

Affiliation:

Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej Wydział Etnologii i Nauk o Edukacji Uniwersytet Śląski / Cieszyn , Czechia

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Klára Brožovičová, MA, PhD is an assistant professor at the Chair of Anthropological Theory and Research at the Faculty of Ethnology and Education Sciences, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Silesia, Cieszyn. She has participated in several study projects, i.a. “Global Minority Rights Summer School” (Budapest 2014), “Study of extreme African slums” (Cape Town 2015–2016). Her scholarly and didactic activity focuses on social issues in traditional cultures (including the Romani one). Her reflections centre on the issues of the social and cultural roles of women.