Place attachment in a context of constant Urban Change and Migration

Description: What does attachment mean to long-term shopkeepers and temporary residents in the Dalston parish of the Hackney borough of London? This essay aims to analyze the attachment developed by some shopkeepers and temporary residents settled along Kingsland Road; in particular, I will argue that some shopkeepers, who have remained through time in an adaptation strategy to this locality show attachment, resistance and enhancement to the place, similar to a group of temporary residents whom have been a continuous flux in the area. Both groups struggle throughout uncertainty and change creating dynamics and particularities despite their opposite-polar attachments. I will expose social dynamics that might be shaping the configuration of the area through different layers of experiences, characteristics and changes in their life-worlds.

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