Manufacturing “Hiptopia” in Chicago’s Pilsen Enclave: ‘Glocal’ Pressures and Neighborhood Resistance

• In Event: JSS 8
  In JSS Session: Junior Scholar Symposium in Urban and Local Politics

Brief Overview

Urban space is socially produced by government and non-government ‘glocal’ forces, each with different strategies, powers and motivations. I explore the roles of murals and their relationship to neighborhood change in the Chicago enclave of Pilsen.

Author

• Scott Braam, University of Illinois at Chicago