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Is ‘ghettoisation’ happening in Bucharest?

Photo by Gabriela Nicolescu, Bucharest, 2020

In this episode, postdoctoral researcher Gabriela Nicolescu talks to Ștefan Ghenciulescu from the University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest and editor of Zeppelin Magazine. Ghenciulescu is interested in the historical layers of Bucharest, from the 16th century Ottoman period when city walls were forbidden to the socialist period when wide boulevards and concrete blocks of flats were constructed to create an ideal vista. He explains how socialist flats were built for ‘everybody’ – the policeman, the doctor, the worker – but how in recent years privatisation together with an obsession with car ownership has led to stealth ‘ghettoisation’. What has been the impact of the privatisation of public properties and services on the health and prospects of local communities?

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Production Team: Jack Soper, Anna Ulrikke Andersen, Inge Daniels
Date recorded: March 2021
Published: March 2022
Length: 18.10 mins

Music:
Opening and closing: ‘Anders’ from the album Macrame. Published 06/20/2020. Blue Dot Studios
’Festering’ from the album Towboat. Published 06/29/2020 ISRC USHM21930733. Blue Dot Studios
‘Trailrunner’ from the album Zander. Published 01/01/2019 ISRC USHM21902579. Blue Dot Studios