GUEST LECTURE: Does spatial proximity erase social inequalities?

GUEST LECTURE SERIES IN GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL PLANNING 

Geographies of (in)justice

Thursday, April 11th, 12.30-14.00 | MSH Blackbox 

Sylvie Tissot 

Does spatial proximity erase social inequalities? “Social mix” and gay-friendliness in gentrified areas (France and the USA)

While “diversity” has become a crucial goal for city planners, many scholars have raised doubts about the local benefits of a “social mix”. Does spatial proximity necessarily erase social inequalities? Sylvie Tissot will use her fieldwork in gentrified neighbourhoods to bring to light persisting boundaries between wealthy and low-income residents, as well as between straight residents and their gay and lesbian neighbours. 

Sylvie Tissot is a French sociologist, she is a Professor of Political Science at University of Paris-8 and a founder of the collective “Les Mots Sont Importants”. She directed two movies about a French feminist. She is the author of Gayfriendly – Acceptation et contrôle de l’homosexualité à Paris et à New York, Raison D’agir, Paris, 2018.