Abstract
Drawing on an ethnographic sketch in which I describe a cat sterilisation programme in a gentrifying neighbourhood in Palma (Majorca), I look into the class relation the rent-gap hypothesis holds. I argue each of its moments of devalorisation and (re)valorisation of the urban environment subsumes the labour developed by different groups that form a single class, since they cooperate within a same value chain. Against the mere description of the spatialisation of classes that are already formed, there is a need to explain how spatialisation intervenes in the struggle that makes them.
| Translated title of the contribution | "Never trust space": Urban Labour within Class Formation/Struggle |
|---|---|
| Original language | Catalan |
| Pages (from-to) | 53-67 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Quaderns de l'Institut Catala d'Antropologia |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords*
- Class formation/struggle
- Gentrification
- Majorca
- Production of space
- Rent gap
- Urban labour
Field of Science*
- 5.9 Other social sciences
Publication Type*
- 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
