Japonica Brown-Saracino
Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University
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Japonica Brown-Saracino is an ethnographer who specializes in urban and community sociology, cultural sociology, and the study of race, ethnicity, and sexuality. In 2004, City and Community1540-6040) published her article, “Social Preservationists and the Quest for Authentic Community,” which draws on her study of four gentrifying communities (two small New England towns and two Chicago neighborhoods) and introduces her concept of “social preservation”. She further explores social preservation and gentrification in her book, A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity (The Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Series of the University of Chicago Press, 2009), which received the 2010 – 2011 Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award. In 2010 Routledge’s Metropolis and Modern Life Series published a second book, The Gentrification Debates, which is composed of excerpts from defining book chapters and articles on gentrification published over the last forty-five years. Brown-Saracino frames the collection with original essays on four key areas of debate within the gentrification literature. With co-authors, Brown-Saracino has written on the practice of ethnography, newspaper coverage of gentrification, and on social movements, sexuality, and culture.
She is currently completing a comparative ethnography of four small U.S. cities with growing or emerging populations of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women. Her book on the project, which she is currently writing, is under advance contract with the University of Chicago Press Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Series, and an article from the study, “From the Lesbian Ghetto to Ambient Community: The Perceived Costs and Benefits of Integration for Community,” appeared in the August, 2011 issue of Social Problems. Brown-Saracino has served as secretary/treasurer of the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, and currently is co-book review editor for City & Community1540-6040).
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Can Boston’s affordable housing shortage be eased?
November 3, 2017
The Boston Globe Japonica Brown-Saracino They gathered outside the Fenway’s Burbank Garden Apartments one recent breezy morning to celebrate…. Expert quote: “More and more residents of Boston, as well as planners and officials, are aware that this is a crucial moment for the city in terms of preserving affordability, and thinking about housing equity going […]
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Safety pin politics in the election aftermath
November 16, 2016
Boston Globe Japonica Brown-Saracino, College of Arts & Sciences These days, if you happen to use a safety pin to close a rip near the lapel of your jacket, you may be met with certain knowing glances from passersby: a nod and a smile, maybe an exaggerated eyeroll, or perhaps even an enthusiastic wink and […]
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An early sign of gentrification: $6M listing in “forgotten” Dorchester neighborhood
September 15, 2016
The Boston Globe With its tidy homes and overgrown lots, the little pocket of Dorchester hardly looks like the city’s next hot address. Expert quote: “When you have big development happening it can take you immediately to a more advanced stage of gentrification.” View full article
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The $5 Cereal That Provoked a London Mob
September 30, 2015
The Atlantic Japonica Brown-Saracino, College of Arts & Sciences I despise breakfast cereal. As in: feel-it’s-an-affront-to-civilization, why-add-insult-to-the-injury-of-morning-existence despise… Expert quote: “There are people who move into a neighborhood because they’re attracted to certain qualities of a place. On moving, they recognize that they are part of transforming the things that they value about a place. […]
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Experts Media Alert – Boston 2024 Olympics
March 18, 2015
Earlier this year, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) selected Boston as their choice to be considered as host of the 2024 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee will select the host city in September 2017. The city of Boston and the Boston 2024 Organizing Committee will hold a series of public meetings to give residents from around […]
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Allentown courts young professionals with upscale rentals
March 25, 2012
The Morning Call Japonica Brown-Saracino, College of Arts and Sciences Nestled between the Salvation Army and a corner bodega, just around the corner from the site of the city’s proposed arena, is Allentown’s own Versailles… View article
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