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<p>The article aims to contribute to the gentrification debate by proposing a conceptual apparatus attuned to the study of how the everyday lived experience of neighbourhood change can have consequences for wellbeing. Accordingly, the concept of affective atmosphere, grounded within the non-representational theory, is proposed to capture nuances’ affective impact within shifting socio-material assemblages of local environments. A literature review was conducted to examine the ways in which the concept of affective atmosphere enhances the understanding of how changes in the socio-material configurations of space affect the wellbeing of local communities. The proposed framework captures the affective strain of gentrification as emerging within the specificities of socio-material constellations of local environments. Moreover, the advantage of the proposed framework was identified in its capacity to link particular manifestations of gentrification-related violence to overarching regularities of affective capitalism. The article urges for increased sensitivity to nuances of neighbourhood change, posing a potential threat to wellbeing even at the early stages of gentrification. Due to the decision to prioritise thoroughness of analysis over scale, the limitation of this article is its restrictive scope of research.</p>
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The article aims to contribute to the gentrification debate by proposing a conceptual apparatus attuned to the study of how the everyday lived experience of neighbourhood change can have consequences for wellbeing. Accordingly, the concept of affective atmosphere, grounded within the non-representational theory, is proposed to capture nuances’ affective impact within shifting socio-material assemblages of local environments. A literature review was conducted to examine the ways in which the concept of affective atmosphere enhances the understanding of how changes in the socio-material configurations of space affect the wellbeing of local communities. The proposed framework captures the affective strain of gentrification as emerging within the specificities of socio-material constellations of local environments. Moreover, the advantage of the proposed framework was identified in its capacity to link particular manifestations of gentrification-related violence to overarching regularities of affective capitalism. The article urges for increased sensitivity to nuances of neighbourhood change, posing a potential threat to wellbeing even at the early stages of gentrification. Due to the decision to prioritise thoroughness of analysis over scale, the limitation of this article is its restrictive scope of research.

Affective atmospheres of gentrification: wellbeing amid neighbourhood change

Adam Mickiewicz University, School of Humanities

Society Register

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The article aims to contribute to the gentrification debate by proposing a conceptual apparatus attuned to the study of how the everyday lived experience of...

Affective atmospheres of gentrification: wellbeing amid neighbourhood change

Published Online: Apr 02, 2023

Page range: 95 - 116

Received: Dec 15, 2022

Accepted: Feb 27, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2023.7.1.05

Keywords
gentrification, displacement, wellbeing, neighbourhood change, affective atmosphere, non-representational theory, affective capitalism

© 2023 Olga Łojewska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Affective atmospheres of gentrification: wellbeing amid neighbourhood change

Published Online: Apr 02, 2023

Page range: 95 - 116

Received: Dec 15, 2022

Accepted: Feb 27, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/sr.2023.7.1.05

Keywordsgentrification, displacement, wellbeing, neighbourhood change, affective atmosphere, non-representational theory, affective capitalism

© 2023 Olga Łojewska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
gentrification, displacement, wellbeing, neighbourhood change, affective atmosphere, non-representational theory, affective capitalism