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Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development

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  • Ivis Garcia

    (Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA)

Abstract

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.

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  • Ivis Garcia, 2018. "Symbolism, Collective Identity, and Community Development," Societies, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:8:y:2018:i:3:p:81-:d:168769
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    1. David Orta, 2021. "“Mexicans Built This Neighborhood!” Gentrification, Organizations, and the Role of Place-Based Identity in Latinx Chicago," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-16, August.

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