Failures of the Creative Class City - ASA 2020 - CUSS Section - American Sociological Association

Failures of the Creative Class City
Monday, August 17th, 2020
from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Eastern Standard Time

Description of the ASA SESSION:
Much has been made of the rise of amenity-rich, creative class cities. Urban policymakers have argued that cities are effectively in an arms race, competing to draw jobs and talent, and local leaders must increase their city’s desirability as a place to live by intentionally converting once downtrodden urban centers into locales that are likely to attract innovative people and businesses. Yet with growing inequality, stagnating wage growth, and the loss of affordable housing in many large cities, the rise of the creative class city is not without costs. This session examines struggles found in the creative class city, including poor life satisfaction among creative class workers, the effects of creative class workers colonizing communities in marginalized places (e.g., communities of color, less developed countries, and struggling small towns), and the rise of new forms of community as creative class workers leave traditional work structures.

Presider:
George R. Greenidge Jr.
Georgia State University
Bio: https://sociology.gsu.edu/profile/george-r-greenidge-jr/
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-chip-greenidge-jr-1694888/

Panelists:
Jan Lin
Occidental College
Bio: https://www.oxy.edu/academics/faculty/jan-lin
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-lin-8828997

Rachael A. Woldoff
West Virginia University
Bio: https://soca.wvu.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-directory/rachael-woldoff
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-woldoff-679708136/

Description of the ASA SESSION:
Much has been made of the rise of amenity-rich, creative class cities. Urban policymakers have argued that cities are effectively in an arms race, competing to draw jobs and talent, and local leaders must increase their city’s desirability as a place to live by intentionally converting once downtrodden urban centers into locales that are likely to attract innovative people and businesses. Yet with growing inequality, stagnating wage growth, and the loss of affordable housing in many large cities, the rise of the creative class city is not without costs. This session examines struggles found in the creative class city, including poor life satisfaction among creative class workers, the effects of creative class workers colonizing communities in marginalized places (e.g., communities of color, less developed countries, and struggling small towns), and the rise of new forms of community as creative class workers leave traditional work structures.

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