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11 - Militancy with a Twist

Fighting Art to Deter Displacement in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles

from Part III - Explaining Impact

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2020

Eleonora Pasotti
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Chapter 11 examines Union de Vecinos, a group in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles that deployed a radical approach to fighting displacement: It directed its militant protest directly at art galleries, identified as the key culprits of gentrification. Alarmed by the negative publicity and the increasing inability to conduct normal business, gallery directors reached out to residents and activist groups. But the response was defiant, and in response some galleries closed. While the group had some success, it is too early to assess the overall impact of the strategy. Yet the approach merits examination because it is an innovative, ambitious, and analytically coherent response to the threat of displacement. The campaign questioned the role of cultural producers and experiential tools as it called for a radical approach to artistic practice, able to counter art's ties to a capitalist market. It also contributed to the debate on resistance against gentrification because of its harsh critique of the nonprofit sector, judged to be exceedingly accommodating and moderate in its demands.

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Resisting Redevelopment
Protest in Aspiring Global Cities
, pp. 301 - 323
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Militancy with a Twist
  • Eleonora Pasotti, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Book: Resisting Redevelopment
  • Online publication: 09 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108775700.014
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  • Eleonora Pasotti, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Book: Resisting Redevelopment
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108775700.014
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  • Militancy with a Twist
  • Eleonora Pasotti, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Book: Resisting Redevelopment
  • Online publication: 09 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108775700.014
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