Religious tastes in a gentrified neighbourhood

This article examines how religious diversity is manifested and represented in contexts undergoing intense urban pressures. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the Raval quarter of Barcelona, we analyse the open-air festivities of religious minorities and the emergence of new neighbourhood...

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Autores: Clot-Garrell, Anna|||0000-0001-8044-0310, Albert Blanco, Victor|||0000-0003-4104-8644, Martinez Cuadros, Rosa|||0000-0001-7768-8374, Esteso Rubio, Carolina|||0000-0002-5720-9820
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:322686
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/322686
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1163/18748929-bja10019
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Civic associations
Gentrification
Religious diversity
Religious festivities
Urban regeneration
Urban religion
SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Sumario:This article examines how religious diversity is manifested and represented in contexts undergoing intense urban pressures. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the Raval quarter of Barcelona, we analyse the open-air festivities of religious minorities and the emergence of new neighbourhood associations' mobilizations. Specifically, we focus on the role of food in these events as a way to explore how diversification and urban transformation interrelate. Whilst food becomes the means through which religious and secular actors interact and articulate forms of place-making, it also becomes a resource to present religion in forms deemed 'acceptable' to the general public.