Capítulo de livro
Azorean American resilience in Camberville: a visual approach to a vernacular landscape in a gentrified neighborhood
Graça Índias Cordeiro (Cordeiro, Graça Índias); Giuseppe Formato (Formato, G.);
Título Livro
The everydayness of cities in transition: micro approaches to material and social dimensions of change
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2024
Língua
Inglês
País
Reino Unido
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Abstract/Resumo
This chapter delves into the urban transformation of Somerville, Massachusetts, focusing on the intersection of gentrification and resilience of the Azorean American community situated on the city’s border with Cambridge, MA, next to Boston. Over three decades this urban space has transitioned from a working-class ethnic-immigrant enclave to one of the United States' most expensive residential areas and suffering the profound impacts of gentrification. Based on a collaborative ethnographic and visual methodology, we explore cultural artifacts and conviviality practices of a semiotic landscape amid urban change, and critically examine the vanishing vernacular landscape and the ethnic identity shifts within this context: a bottom-up, counter-narrative contrasting top-down, homogenizing forces. Through three detailed ethnographic vignettes, our narrative delves into how Azorean Americans navigate and challenge the urban renewal process, maintaining their cultural heritage and communal ties through visible and invisible markers in the urban space.
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Palavras-chave
street assemblages,brand identity,Portuguese,Azorean American,gentrification,collaborative ethnography,visual approach,ethnic resilience,urban semiotic landscape
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FCT, R&D Unit CIES-Iscte (UIDB/03126/2020). Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Cies-IUL