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De engelska husen i Västra Sorgenfri

Harmgardt, Julia LU (2019) SANK02 20191
Social Anthropology
Abstract
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Swedish state-funded housing concept egnahemsrörelsen, translated into ”own-home-movement”, emerged due to an acute shortage of housing amongst the growing working class. Seven properties were built between 1916 and 1936, funded with governmental loans, by a housing-cooperative of workers in Västra Sorgenfri, Malmö. The aim of this study was to examine if political ideologies influenced the emergence and physical planning of the properties and gardens, as well as whether or not the neighborhood has been subdued to gentrification. The essay showed that a social liberalistic and conservative political discourse shaped the movement, which’s activity in turn influenced the construction of the urban... (More)
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Swedish state-funded housing concept egnahemsrörelsen, translated into ”own-home-movement”, emerged due to an acute shortage of housing amongst the growing working class. Seven properties were built between 1916 and 1936, funded with governmental loans, by a housing-cooperative of workers in Västra Sorgenfri, Malmö. The aim of this study was to examine if political ideologies influenced the emergence and physical planning of the properties and gardens, as well as whether or not the neighborhood has been subdued to gentrification. The essay showed that a social liberalistic and conservative political discourse shaped the movement, which’s activity in turn influenced the construction of the urban landscape and architecture of the properties and gardens. Furthermore, the study revealed that the area has been heavily gentrified due to commodification on the housing market and intensive renovations, now housing the creative middle class, with residential sales prices far above the city's average. In conclusion, both the movement and the gentrification of Västra Sorgenfri revealed to be permeated by a displacement of the working-class subjectivity. (Less)
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author
Harmgardt, Julia LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En socialantropologisk studie om uppkomsten och gentrifieringen av ett urbant egnahemsområde
course
SANK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
socialantropologi, urbanantropologi, gentrifiering, landskap, stadsplanering, egnahem
language
Swedish
id
8984507
date added to LUP
2019-06-16 22:33:17
date last changed
2019-06-16 22:33:17
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  abstract     = {{At the beginning of the 20th century, the Swedish state-funded housing concept egnahemsrörelsen, translated into ”own-home-movement”, emerged due to an acute shortage of housing amongst the growing working class. Seven properties were built between 1916 and 1936, funded with governmental loans, by a housing-cooperative of workers in Västra Sorgenfri, Malmö. The aim of this study was to examine if political ideologies influenced the emergence and physical planning of the properties and gardens, as well as whether or not the neighborhood has been subdued to gentrification. The essay showed that a social liberalistic and conservative political discourse shaped the movement, which’s activity in turn influenced the construction of the urban landscape and architecture of the properties and gardens. Furthermore, the study revealed that the area has been heavily gentrified due to commodification on the housing market and intensive renovations, now housing the creative middle class, with residential sales prices far above the city's average. In conclusion, both the movement and the gentrification of Västra Sorgenfri revealed to be permeated by a displacement of the working-class subjectivity.}},
  author       = {{Harmgardt, Julia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{De engelska husen i Västra Sorgenfri}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}