A Queen's Market Curry: Resistance to Gentrification in a Multi-Ethnic London Marketplace

 This event is hosted by the Center for the Study of Narrative and Conflict Resolution (CNCR) and features Freek Janssens, a Doctoral Candidate from University of Amsterdam.  In the shadow of the 2012 London Olympics, the local London Council wishes to demolish Britain's most ethnically diverse market, and replace it with a supermarket.  Traders have protested this decision.  They do so by successfully presenting counter narratives to the Council's discourse of a dirty and smelly market.  These tactics enable them to evade the scrutiny of the Council while providing avenues for political participation.  This presentation will address the dynamics of narrative politics.