Rhetoric in the Representation of a Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhood: The Case of Via Padova, Milano

Verga, P.L., 2016. Rhetoric in the Representation of a Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhood: The Case of Via Padova, Milan. Antipode 48(4), pp.1080–1101. DOI: 10.1111/anti.12229

24 Pages Posted: 27 Feb 2015 Last revised: 2 Mar 2019

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Pietro L. Verga

Urban Researcher & Local Development Expert

Date Written: February 26, 2015

Abstract

The paper analyses how the neighbourhood of Via Padova in Milan, Italy, has been represented and problematised by the media and the last two municipal administrations over the last decade. Since the late 1990s, Via Padova has undergone a significant socio-demographic transformation, one which has eventually characterised the area as one of the most multi-ethnic and diverse districts in the whole city. However, this transformation process and the upcoming new framework for the neighbourhood have been explained and approached in very different (and contested) ways. The aim of this paper is to compare the different narratives provided by both the media and also governmental institutions during the formerly right wing and current left wing administrations, and the implications of this, both in the shaping of a collective image of the area and in the development of local policies.

Keywords: Neighbourhood Change, Politics of Representation, Revanchist City, Security, Stigmatisation, Milan

Suggested Citation

Verga, Pietro Lupo, Rhetoric in the Representation of a Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhood: The Case of Via Padova, Milano (February 26, 2015). Verga, P.L., 2016. Rhetoric in the Representation of a Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhood: The Case of Via Padova, Milan. Antipode 48(4), pp.1080–1101. DOI: 10.1111/anti.12229 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2570770 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2570770

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