Gonzalez, S orcid.org/0000-0003-3958-2119 (2017) Introduction: Studying markets as spaces of contestation. In: Gonzalez, S, (ed.) Contested Markets, Contested Cities: Gentrification and Urban Justice in Retail Spaces. Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City . Routledge , London, UK , pp. 1-18. ISBN 9781138217485
Abstract
Traditional markets, where food and other goods are sold on the streets, in covered regulated spaces or in informal settings, are still serving millions of people across the world despite the advance of corporate and globalised supermarkets. They are not only important spaces for exchange in the local economy but also for social interaction, and in particular they are essential to the most vulnerable communities in our cities, from migrant workers, ethnic minorities, the elderly and the poor. At the same time, in recent decades many markets across the world have been rediscovered as tourist attractions, food meccas and even regeneration flagships. Examples of this are La Boqueria Market in Barcelona, Rotterdam’s Market Hall, Borough Market in London, wet markets in Hong Kong or the Port Market in Montevideo. They are ‘must visit’ locations for international travellers looking for something different and authentic. But these transformations are clashing with markets’ important role as public meeting places and ordinary everyday life places for the most vulnerable. The confluence of these potentially contradictory trends and processes turns markets into ‘contested spaces’.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Antipode Foundation Research No External Ref EU - European Union 318944 British Academy SG151167 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2017 10:57 |
Last Modified: | 30 May 2022 13:31 |
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Publisher: | Routledge |
Series Name: | Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9781315440361-1 |
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