Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development

A focal point of this article is symbols (e.g., flags) and how low-income communities use them to construct ownership over spaces that would have otherwise been inaccessible to them. This conception of contested ownership through symbolism helps us to elaborate the main point of this article: how lo...

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Main Author:	Ivis Garcia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:	Societies
Subjects:	community development gentrification identity Puerto Ricans Chicago
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/3/81

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spelling	doaj-d2facf79262f4c6c94bfd2781f44d0002020-11-25T00:42:04ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982018-09-01838110.3390/soc8030081soc8030081Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community DevelopmentIvis Garcia0Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USAA focal point of this article is symbols (e.g., flags) and how low-income communities use them to construct ownership over spaces that would have otherwise been inaccessible to them. This conception of contested ownership through symbolism helps us to elaborate the main point of this article: how low-income communities continuously battle gentrification through symbols. The following article employs interviews and a theoretical framework on symbols and collective ethnic identity to understand how they operate in the appropriation of space by applying a case study of Humboldt Park, Chicago, and the Puerto Rican community.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/8/3/81community developmentgentrificationidentityPuerto RicansChicago
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title	Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development
title_short	Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development
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description	A focal point of this article is symbols (e.g., flags) and how low-income communities use them to construct ownership over spaces that would have otherwise been inaccessible to them. This conception of contested ownership through symbolism helps us to elaborate the main point of this article: how low-income communities continuously battle gentrification through symbols. The following article employs interviews and a theoretical framework on symbols and collective ethnic identity to understand how they operate in the appropriation of space by applying a case study of Humboldt Park, Chicago, and the Puerto Rican community.
topic	community development gentrification identity Puerto Ricans Chicago
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Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development

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