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SUMMARY:Geography Department Research Seminar : Dr Jung Won Son (Bartlett
  School of Planning\, University College London)
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DESCRIPTION:Geography Department Research Seminar\n\nAccumulation by disp
 ossession under the developmental state: building high-rise apartment cl
 usters in Gangnam\, Seoul\n\nDr Jung Won Son (Bartlett School of Plannin
 g\, University College London)	\n\n<Sponsored by the Manchester Urban In
 stitute>\n\nChaired by Jamie Doucette		\n\nAbstract:\nThis talk sheds li
 ght on the politico-economic origins of South Korea’s residential landsc
 ape. In particular\, we examine the Gangnam District\, created in the 19
 70s by the South Korean developmental state\, as the prototype of reside
 ntial property development. The empirical findings allow the contextuali
 zation of the accumulation by dispossession (ABD)\, a concept popularize
 d by David Harvey\, in East Asian context by examining how it is integra
 l for the functioning of the South Korean developmental state in times o
 f condensed urbanization. We argue that understanding the socio-spatial 
 specificities of the state is critical. This talk understands ABD as the
  replacement of one type of property right by another\, particularly pay
 ing attention to the institutionalization of the process of replacing co
 mmunal property rights with private property rights by the state. Based 
 on analyses using various data sources\, we show that\, in the property 
 sector in South Korea\, the developmental state’s policies initiated ABD
 . The means for ABD in the country included the following: transferring 
 public assets to private hands\, designating certified firms\, giving th
 ose firms preferential treatment in housing construction\, and facilitat
 ing the further growth of large firms through mergers and acquisitions. 
 By linking these empirical findings with existing knowledge of the South
  Korean developmental state of the 1970s\, we propose the theoretical po
 int that the specific processes of ABD are strongly influenced by the hi
 storico-spatial specificities of the state.\n
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LOCATION:G.035/36\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manchester
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