02079nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001500043653001300058653001300071653001100084653001700095653001700112100001800129700001500147245008100162856015400243300001200397490000700409520141300416022002001829                                       d10aResistance10adialogue10aheritage10aimpact10airregularity10aurbanisation1 aFeras Hammami1 aEvren Uzer00aHeritage and resistance: irregularities, temporalities and cumulative impact  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85041332649&doi=10.1080%2f13527258.2017.1378908&partnerID=40&md5=05138550eb260ebd25e7aeffc48a498f  a445-4640 v243 aUrban social change and large-scale demolitions in the name of urban renewal often give rise to social conflicts. In this study, we investigate how resistances to this change emerge, coalesce and revolve, and how they use heritage to generate cumulative impact. The analyses of urban change and resistance in Gårda, a working-class neighbourhood of Gothenburg, Sweden, showed social conflicts to be instigated by their stigmatisation. Since the 1970s, Gårda has been called ‘out of place’ and marked for demolition. These demolitions were given legitimacy by the ‘housing quality standards’ that emerged in the 1930s as a means to reduce social inequalities. Over time these standards became an ‘intangible heritage’ employed in neoliberal urban policies. In response, five ‘Re-Gårda’ resistance strategies emerged to contest Gårda’s future. Resistance groups uncovered new values for Gårda, curating the vision with the slogan ‘have a coffee in Gårda’, and structuring the narrative ‘upgrade Gårda’. This challenged the dominant discourse ‘demolish’ or ‘conserve’ Gårda, and resulted in a government decision to protect Gårda as a ‘heritage site’. Investigating heritage and resistance in Gårda helped us reveal the potential of resistance in challenging the limits of authorised urban and heritage discourses, and in realising socially equal and just cities.  a13527258 (ISSN)