TY - JOUR
KW - Barrio Victoria
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - Moral expectations
KW - Neoliberal urbanization
KW - Victoria neighborhood
KW - expectativas morales
KW - moral expectations
KW - neoliberal urbanization
KW - Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial
KW - urbanización neoliberal
AU - Daniel Valencia González
AU - Nicolás Angelcos Gutiérrez
AB - The past three decades have seen the emergence of various conflicts against neoliberal urbanization processes, including disputes associated with the protection of heritage. The growing literature in this area has pointed out the disclosure of a form of democratic participation developed by the communities in defense of their neighborhood, which opposes the commercial logic that guides the evolution of our cities. In this article, we will discuss this argument through the analysis of the patrimonialization process of Victoria neighborhood in Santiago of Chile, a historical urban zone that articulates a residential identity with a commercial one, linked to leather crafting and footwear. Through an empirical analysis based on life story interviews with former residents and tenants, we will show that, behind neighborhood defense discourses, there are different expectations regarding how the city should be, namely, who could inhabit it and how they should do it. In some cases, these expectations entail the exclusion of actors from the definition of community and, in others, contribute to amplify the conflict. In this way, we intend to contribute to the literature that evaluates the democratic potential of conflicts linked to the defense of heritage.
DO - 10.5354/0717-5051.2020.57766
M1 - 43
N1 - Publisher: Universidad de Chile
N2 - The past three decades have seen the emergence of various conflicts against neoliberal urbanization processes, including disputes associated with the protection of heritage. The growing literature in this area has pointed out the disclosure of a form of democratic participation developed by the communities in defense of their neighborhood, which opposes the commercial logic that guides the evolution of our cities. In this article, we will discuss this argument through the analysis of the patrimonialization process of Victoria neighborhood in Santiago of Chile, a historical urban zone that articulates a residential identity with a commercial one, linked to leather crafting and footwear. Through an empirical analysis based on life story interviews with former residents and tenants, we will show that, behind neighborhood defense discourses, there are different expectations regarding how the city should be, namely, who could inhabit it and how they should do it. In some cases, these expectations entail the exclusion of actors from the definition of community and, in others, contribute to amplify the conflict. In this way, we intend to contribute to the literature that evaluates the democratic potential of conflicts linked to the defense of heritage.
SP - 46
EP - 62
TI - Neoliberal urbanization, tensions and moral expectations about the defense of heritage: The case of Victoria neighborhood, Santiago of Chile
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099917866&doi=10.5354%2f0717-5051.2020.57766&partnerID=40&md5=10bbae14279d5ae71df2fb8cc224a025
SN - 07175051 (ISSN)
ER -