It is not tourismphobia, it is class struggle. Urban policies, social unrest and tourism in a neighborhood of Barcelona

The protests against the excesses of tourism have been starring the newspapers’ covers around the world for several years. In Barcelona, a new neologism, turismofobia, seems to accompany –and qualify– the different manifestations that social unrest takes over some of its effects and main practices....

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Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad Antonio Nariño
Repositorio:
Repositorio UAN
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uan.edu.co:123456789/10618
Acceso en línea:
https://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/160
https://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/10618
Palabra clave:
Barcelona
barrios
turistificación
gentrificación
malestar urbano
Barcelona
neighbors
touristification
gentrification
urban unrest
Rights
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Summary:The protests against the excesses of tourism have been starring the newspapers’ covers around the world for several years. In Barcelona, a new neologism, turismofobia, seems to accompany –and qualify– the different manifestations that social unrest takes over some of its effects and main practices. Through a more than two-year ethnographic approach to the platform #EnsPlantem, Veïns en Perill d’Extinció, this article aims to show the role played by this type of movements around the application of neoliberal contemporary urban policies linked to touristification process that is living the city and also the neighborhood of Poblenou.