I demonstrate the efficacy of auto-geographies as an autobiographical and geographical form not t... more I demonstrate the efficacy of auto-geographies as an autobiographical and geographical form not through a theoretical article but through an actual manifestation of an auto-geography, mainly my own. This is an attempt to put geography on some sort of even keel with history as a measuring rod of one’s life. At the same time, it is not meant as a nullification of time or a denunciation of history or as an instrument of the spatial turn. Simply put, it is merely an attempt to focus the telling of our life’s story on what I believe it is already focused on: place, albeit place in time, as how could it not be?
This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three nei... more This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three neighborhoods of Tokyo to retheorize the concept of 'differences'. Lefebvre's idea of recuperation and Raymond Williams' interpretation of incorporation serve as a basis to develop a conceptual framework to analyze this process beyond existing concepts of gentrification and urban renewal. Central as well as peripheral urban areas are undergoing drastic transformation: residential patterns are changing, commercial areas are expanding and the force of gravity of the central urban areas is reaching over the territory. In cities like Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles this has led to an urban restructuring and reinterpretation of neighborhoods which has produced an alienation and incorporation of existing livelihoods and practices into an imposed and commodified perception of urban space. Constrained by concepts of neighborhood transformation or singular case studies present studies have not been able to capture these processes in Tokyo. In this paper I developed a new conceptual approach in order to adequately describe and situate these contemporary transformation processes within the larger urban context and existing socio-economic and political dynamics. In so doing I propose the concept of 'incorporation of urban differences' that allows to capture the analyzed process of transformation across different contexts, different historical trajectories, and their relation to centralities. Incorporation of urban differences emerges from a coherent understanding of urbanization processes within a certain region and around the world, resulting from a comparative research framework within which this study is placed.
This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three nei... more This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three neighborhoods of Tokyo to retheorize the concept of 'differences'. Lefebvre's idea of recuperation and Raymond Williams' interpretation of incorporation serve as a basis to develop a conceptual framework to analyze this process beyond existing concepts of gentrification and urban renewal. Central as well as peripheral urban areas are undergoing drastic transformation: residential patterns are changing, commercial areas are expanding and the force of gravity of the central urban areas is reaching over the territory. In cities like Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles this has led to an urban restructuring and reinterpretation of neighborhoods which has produced an alienation and incorporation of existing livelihoods and practices into an imposed and commodified perception of urban space. Constrained by concepts of neighborhood transformation or singular case studies present studies have not been able to capture these processes in Tokyo. In this paper I developed a new conceptual approach in order to adequately describe and situate these contemporary transformation processes within the larger urban context and existing socio-economic and political dynamics. In so doing I propose the concept of 'incorporation of urban differences' that allows to capture the analyzed process of transformation across different contexts, different historical trajectories, and their relation to centralities. Incorporation of urban differences emerges from a coherent understanding of urbanization processes within a certain region and around the world, resulting from a comparative research framework within which this study is placed.
I demonstrate the efficacy of auto-geographies as an autobiographical and geographical form not t... more I demonstrate the efficacy of auto-geographies as an autobiographical and geographical form not through a theoretical article but through an actual manifestation of an auto-geography, mainly my own. This is an attempt to put geography on some sort of even keel with history as a measuring rod of one’s life. At the same time, it is not meant as a nullification of time or a denunciation of history or as an instrument of the spatial turn. Simply put, it is merely an attempt to focus the telling of our life’s story on what I believe it is already focused on: place, albeit place in time, as how could it not be?
This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three nei... more This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three neighborhoods of Tokyo to retheorize the concept of 'differences'. Lefebvre's idea of recuperation and Raymond Williams' interpretation of incorporation serve as a basis to develop a conceptual framework to analyze this process beyond existing concepts of gentrification and urban renewal. Central as well as peripheral urban areas are undergoing drastic transformation: residential patterns are changing, commercial areas are expanding and the force of gravity of the central urban areas is reaching over the territory. In cities like Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles this has led to an urban restructuring and reinterpretation of neighborhoods which has produced an alienation and incorporation of existing livelihoods and practices into an imposed and commodified perception of urban space. Constrained by concepts of neighborhood transformation or singular case studies present studies have not been able to capture these processes in Tokyo. In this paper I developed a new conceptual approach in order to adequately describe and situate these contemporary transformation processes within the larger urban context and existing socio-economic and political dynamics. In so doing I propose the concept of 'incorporation of urban differences' that allows to capture the analyzed process of transformation across different contexts, different historical trajectories, and their relation to centralities. Incorporation of urban differences emerges from a coherent understanding of urbanization processes within a certain region and around the world, resulting from a comparative research framework within which this study is placed.
This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three nei... more This paper looks at the process of incorporation of distinct socio-spatial qualities in three neighborhoods of Tokyo to retheorize the concept of 'differences'. Lefebvre's idea of recuperation and Raymond Williams' interpretation of incorporation serve as a basis to develop a conceptual framework to analyze this process beyond existing concepts of gentrification and urban renewal. Central as well as peripheral urban areas are undergoing drastic transformation: residential patterns are changing, commercial areas are expanding and the force of gravity of the central urban areas is reaching over the territory. In cities like Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles this has led to an urban restructuring and reinterpretation of neighborhoods which has produced an alienation and incorporation of existing livelihoods and practices into an imposed and commodified perception of urban space. Constrained by concepts of neighborhood transformation or singular case studies present studies have not been able to capture these processes in Tokyo. In this paper I developed a new conceptual approach in order to adequately describe and situate these contemporary transformation processes within the larger urban context and existing socio-economic and political dynamics. In so doing I propose the concept of 'incorporation of urban differences' that allows to capture the analyzed process of transformation across different contexts, different historical trajectories, and their relation to centralities. Incorporation of urban differences emerges from a coherent understanding of urbanization processes within a certain region and around the world, resulting from a comparative research framework within which this study is placed.
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Central as well as peripheral urban areas are undergoing drastic transformation: residential patterns are changing, commercial areas are expanding and the force of gravity of the central urban areas is reaching over the territory. In cities like Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles this has led to an urban restructuring and reinterpretation of neighborhoods which has produced an alienation and incorporation of existing livelihoods and practices into an imposed and commodified perception of urban space. Constrained by concepts of neighborhood transformation or singular case studies present studies have not been able to capture these processes in Tokyo.
In this paper I developed a new conceptual approach in order to adequately describe and situate these contemporary transformation processes within the larger urban context and existing socio-economic and political dynamics. In so doing I propose the concept of 'incorporation of urban differences' that allows to capture the analyzed process of transformation across different contexts, different historical trajectories, and their relation to centralities. Incorporation of urban differences emerges from a coherent understanding of urbanization processes within a certain region and around the world, resulting from a comparative research framework within which this study is placed.
Central as well as peripheral urban areas are undergoing drastic transformation: residential patterns are changing, commercial areas are expanding and the force of gravity of the central urban areas is reaching over the territory. In cities like Tokyo, Mexico City, and Los Angeles this has led to an urban restructuring and reinterpretation of neighborhoods which has produced an alienation and incorporation of existing livelihoods and practices into an imposed and commodified perception of urban space. Constrained by concepts of neighborhood transformation or singular case studies present studies have not been able to capture these processes in Tokyo.
In this paper I developed a new conceptual approach in order to adequately describe and situate these contemporary transformation processes within the larger urban context and existing socio-economic and political dynamics. In so doing I propose the concept of 'incorporation of urban differences' that allows to capture the analyzed process of transformation across different contexts, different historical trajectories, and their relation to centralities. Incorporation of urban differences emerges from a coherent understanding of urbanization processes within a certain region and around the world, resulting from a comparative research framework within which this study is placed.